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TIL they make scents in a can to create a more engaging atmosphere for Dungeon and Dragon players, such as ‘Horse Stables’ and 'Ottoman Harem’.

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g9X9 TIL Frank Zappa was so astounded by the success of his song ‘Bobby Brown’ in Scandinavia that he wanted CBS to hire an anthropologist to study why the song became such a big hit.
BrVgW TIL an inventor, Ray Kurzweil, made a set of predications in the 90's that have a 80% success rate. According to his predications, by next year there will be a new world government, nanotechnology by 2025, and we will be able to upload the mind via technology by the 2030's.
lwLN TIL that a Korean airlines accidentally strayed into Soviet Airspace, leading to the plane being shot down. To prevent such a tragedy, US President Ronald Reagan declassified a critical military tech and that is how we got GPS for civilian use.
mJbM TIL the gene for having six fingers is a dominant trait.
9YrMr TIL The programming language Python is named after the BBC show “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” and has nothing to do with reptiles.