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TIL There are still people living in iron lungs

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PY0bn TIL that essential oils are not so named because they are necessary or indispensable. It is because they contain the essence or the smell of plants. They are smeely oils.
xVAmw TIL Folk Singer Phil Ochs was paranoid that the FBI was spying on him, saying, "I'm a folk singer for the FBI" in 1966. In reality the FBI had hundreds of pages on file, but Ochs never committed a federal crime. He continued to be under investigation until his death by suicide in 1976.
Qjl9 TIL a “companion” is literally “a person who you eat bread with.” The word comes from Old French compaignon, from Latin com- “together with” and panis “bread”.
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VMJLp TIL that neanderthals could interbreed with modern humans, and around 66% of East Asians and about 70% of Europeans share genes with them