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TIL that everyone senses smell differently

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X0Oy8 TIL about Pablo Escobar's four pet (cocaine) hippos that were left to fend for themselves after Escobar's death in 1993. Well over 40 hippos now exist wild in the region (Colombia) with the population expected to double in the next decade
8epwX TIL about the Ma'kech, also known as a Living Brooch, where an ironclad beetle is painted, adorned with gemstones, and traditionally worn as living jewelry in parts of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
5YnZn TIL Doom in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" was going to be the hunter who killed Bambi's mother but Disney objected
e0ANb TIL when parents do not give their infant enough attention, the child may develop "Avoidant Attachment". Left with a deep sense of emptiness, the child copes by being distant towards others, rejecting affection, avoiding emotional intimacy and showing little to no reaction towards pain and trauma
R7n84 TIL that the phrase piggy bank doesn’t come from the animal the jar represents, but from the old word pygg which is clay used to make crockery. If this jar cracked and couldn’t hold liquids, people would use them as their own personal banks.