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TIL in 2005 the band Bloodhound Gang wrote a song where the lyrics consist of lines said by Ralph Wiggum from The Simpsons

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MrZ7 TIL there is a type of hysteria that affects people living in the Arctic, called pibloktoq. The affected person usually shouts unintelligibly, tears off their clothes and runs around naked – despite frigid temperatures – before collapsing, sleeping, and then recovering.
OoyAX TIL: How you smell rain. The main contributor is actinobacteria which when it decomposes leaves a byproduct called gesmin. When moisture or rain is added, they become aerosols and the tiny particles can be smelled miles away and contribute to the scent we associate with rain.
16yr4 TIL, Internet Protocol had been successfully implemented in Birds (IP Over Avian Carriers, RFC 1149) with 9 packets of data, 55% packet loss ratio, and 3000-6000ms response time.
bM1Z TIL that in 1968 famous Science Fiction writer and atheist Issac Asimov published “Asimov’s guide to the Bible”. Asimov treats the secular aspects of the Bible with intellectual instead of theological commentary.
1k6d TIL we have a good idea of what other planets would smell like based on their atmospheric composition. Venus and Mars would smell like rotten eggs, while Uranus is odorless.