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TIL The metalloid Tellurium has a very strong garlic like smell.

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W79GL TIL Metallica has its own philanthropic organization called All Within My Hands devoted to "creating sustainable communities by supporting workforce education, the fight against hunger, and other critical local services."
NRLe TIL Marty Robbins, singer of Big Iron, raced in NASCAR. In the 1972 Talladega 500, his laps were 15mph faster than his qualifying time. After the race, he turned down the Rookie of the Race award and admitted that he removed the carb restrictor “to see what it was like to run up front for once.”
mnmP TIL Sigourney Weaver actually made that ‘impossible’ basketball shot in Aliens: Resurrection.
jVLX TIL it is estimated over 95% of structural fires in Detroit are due to arson – fifty times the national average.
lA1 TIL Daddy Long Leg spiders are more closely related to ticks than spiders.