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TIL It's theorised that our sense of smell may use quantum tunneling to measure the vibrational states of molecules and there is growing evidence to support this theory.

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v8ej TIL Iconic rappers Busta Rhymes, Jay Z, Biggie Smalls, and DMX all went to the same high school at the same time.
69ek8 TIL while the 'This is a true story' card at the beginning of 'Fargo' is untrue, the story was based on two real-life crimes (someone actually was chopped up in a wood chipper).
d8dw7 TIL the breakup of Yugoslavia was arguably accelerated by a Serbian man who was injured while pleasuring himself with a glass bottle. When questioned by doctors, he blamed his injury on an attack by "Albanian separatists" and became a cause celebre for Serbian ultranationalists.
rR7Zw TIL Shun Fujimoto won a gold medal in Olympic Gymnastics against the USSR despite having a broken leg during his performance.
xVQ40 TIL: In the last 100 years, more people have been killed by a dog in each single year than the total killed by sharks for all 100 years combined.