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TIL that “New Car Smell” is actually a dangerous cocktail of hundreds of toxic chemicals

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BrkjD TIL of the Colt clan incest case - an Australian family discovered in 2012, engaged in four generations of incest beginning in the 1970s. The family grew to 40 members. The members' true identities remain unknown to the public.
mxN8R TIL Every year in the US, doctors' bad handwriting results in 7000 deaths, plus more than 1.5 million injuries.
mxYao TIL that some species of bamboo flower only once in decades, and do so simultaneously across the entire planet, regardless of location or climate
K94R TIL the FAA investigated an airline for staging a wet tshirt contest with high schoolers during a flight
Lkxpr TIL Jeffery Dahlmer was converted and baptized in prison in 1994, where he continued meeting with the minister who baptized him. The pastor received a Thanksgiving Day card in November 1994, thanking him for teaching him God's word. Dahlmer died a few days later.