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TIL after it was reported that a guesthouse in Hudson, NY charged guests $500 for giving negative online critiques, Yelpers gave it hundreds of one-star reviews

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Z9Ea TIL “wet dog” smell is produced when fats in sweat are broken down into volatile organic acids by bacteria and yeasts; when the dog is wet, the acids dissolve in the water, and evaporate in higher concentration–high enough for humans to smell
06rj TIL that the music video for “Runaway Train” helped bring 26 missing children home
9xYX TIL that Beethoven disregarded authority so heavily that after MANY confrontations, Archduke Rudolph decreed that the usual rules of court etiquette did not apply to him
olYR TIL that during the WWI First Battle of the Marne, French reinforcements were transported to the front from Paris using a fleet of taxis, running up a fare of 70,012 francs.
VMX4 TIL a 2006 survey suggested that 55.5% of Icelanders are certain about the existence of elves, or are open to the possibility