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TIL Airlines are beginning to use charcoal in their seats to absorb the smell of your farts

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11EP TIL that in 1987, FBI agent Robert Hanssen was tasked by his superiors to find a mole within the agency after the FBI’s moles in the KGB were caught. In reality, he was the mole, working with the KGB since 1979.
Xp0D TIL In rural Austria, a girl would keep an apple slice under her armpit while dancing. At the end of the dance, she would offer the sweat-soaked slice to the man of her choice, who would eat the apple
17E8 TIL The late Michael Jackson had once approached J.K. Rowling about the possibility of doing a musical version of Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling said no to the idea.
VMkY0 TIL that miners found a dinosaur so perfectly preserved that it still has a 3D shape and "might [as well] have been walking around a couple of weeks ago"
a89XM TIL that in July 2021, polling found that 58% of Western Cape voters were in favor of holding a referendum on secession from South Africa.