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TIL of the shortest-lived peerage in British history; painter Francis Leighton died with no heirs just one day after being named the 1st Baron Leighton, extinguishing the title.

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gMGo9 TIL new car smell is created when volatile organic compounds from adhesives and sealants used in car manufacturing emit noxious gas into the car, known as off-gassing. Individually they aren’t harmful, but together they could cause health problems by long-term exposure.
e0NyL TIL that in the most widely circulated botany book of the 17th century Barnacle Geese were considered to be a vegetable
jNoAQ TIL that Aldous Huxley's descriptions of the effects of alcohol on fetuses in Brave New World predate the scientific recognition of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome by more than four decades.
4krDR TIL Michael Phelps has won a record 23 Olympic gold medals; No other Olympian has won more than 9.
a8rPN TIL: The Kamikiri is a yokai that secretly cuts your hair. Various stories detail that it would prey on travelers at night, female servants, and humans who tries to marry an animal or ghost. There are many theories about its true identity such as it being a spirit, a wig store scheme, to fetishists.