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TIL Monty Python is the reason junk mail is called spam.

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GY9d1 TIL that dolphins get high off puffer fish by holding the fish in their mouths and passing it around between them, causing the fish to release defense toxins which are euphoric in low doses. After they get high, they let the puffer fish go.
xVYEw TIL: An Indonesian man became an instant millionaire after a meteorite worth 1.8 million dollars crashed through his roof. It was enough money for the man, previously working as a coffin maker, to retire and have a new church built for his village.
yWMM TIL that despite the Seven Years’ War between Britain and France, France instructed its ships not to interfere with the Endeavour’s expedition to Tahiti to observe the 1769 Transit of Venus as, it was ‘out on enterprises of service to all mankind’.
R5Bj1 TIL that the idea that smelling coffee beans 'resets' or 'clears' your olfactory palate is a myth. Smelling fresh air or clean, unperfumed skin is the best remedy for 'nose blindness'.
v1V8R TIL that an autistic man,who was called "stupid" by a gym instructor,taught himself law and won a discrimination lawsuit against the gym.