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TIL: Researchers played nonstop loops of Led Zeppelin, A Tribe Called Quest and Mozart to cheese wheels to find out how sound waves impacted flavor. Cheese wheels that were exposed to hip hop music had the strongest flavor.

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LPXr TIL that the notch in the heel of men’s dress shoes is to prevent your heel from getting caught on your pants’ cuffs. It’s called the ‘Gentleman’s Notch’.
neLKW TIL Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code, generated criticism when it was first published for inaccurate description of core aspects of Christianity and descriptions of European art, history, and architecture. Even with negative reviews and protests, the book is one of the highest selling books ever
OoY4e TIL Panthers are not a species, Panther is just the name given to any melanistic (dark or black) big cat e.g. black jaguars.
8vKX TIL during the making of Grandma’s Boy, all weed smoked in the movie was real, even though they were given fake weed to smoke.
16ZJr TIL in 1961 US came very close to nuking itself. A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two 3–4-megaton nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process. One of the bombs came close to detonating, with three of the four required triggering mechanisms having activated.