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TIL lack of personal hygiene and body smell is such an issue at Super Smash Bros tournaments that some tournaments now disqualify players not keeping up with hygiene and even resorted to passing out deodorant.

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m1PYM TIL: Veterinarians who are women commit suicide at a rate 4x higher than male vets
kOWkE TIL: The wooshing sound from drinking alcohol is called Tinnitus and is a result from increased blood flow to the inner ear.
wZMP TIL that after losing the Bounty to mutiny, Captain Bligh had several more crews mutiny, and was deposed as Governor of New South Wales by his own troops
LQvNr TIL cotton candy was invented by a dentist in Tennessee. He called it "Fairy floss" and sold it at the St. Louis World's Fair.