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TIL Dr. Alan Hirsch, author of "What Flavor Is Your Personality?: Discover Who You Are by Looking at What You Eat," discovered that certain food scents trigger sexual arousal in both sexes. The baked scent of cinnamon buns & vanilla aroused men, while Good & Plenty candy-cucumber odor aroused women.

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nb5B TIL that the Welsh language is spoken natively in two places: Wales and Argentina. Wales had established a colony in Argentina in 1865 to protect their native culture and language.
1agjV TIL When 5 experts were given fingerprints that, unbeknownst to them, they had deemed a “match” earlier in their career, and told that these were from a suspect of the Madrid train bombings, 4 of the 5 experts now said that they didn't match, suggesting their judgement is affected by the context.
a800J TIL a 2010 review of published cases stated "Numerous deaths have occurred after chiropractic manipulations. The risks of this treatment by far outweigh its benefit."
7r6gO TIL The U.S. Pentagon has more members of the military serving in marching bands than the State Department has career diplomats.
4Xd1X TIL Analysis of the world's most popular bottled water brands found that 90% of bottled water contains microplastics (tiny pieces of plastic)