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TIL A Yale University study on scent recognition found the scent of Crayola crayons is one of the most recognizable scents for adults, ranking at number 18 and beating out cheese and bleach, which placed at 19 and 20, respectively.

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ADnVn TIL about a Korean Café that provides visitors dining amongst the illusion of entering a 2D reality. The design of the interior is done in such a fashion that the café resembles hand drawn sketches regardless visitors’ points of reference.
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XE94X TIL When Chinua Achebe became the editor of the Heinemann African Writers Series, one of the first books he chose was a collection of stories by Cyprian Ekwensi. Ekwensi became one of the most prolific African writers of the twentieth century