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TIL due to the difference in bacterial make-up, men’s armpits smell rancid and cheese-like, while women’s armpits smell fruity and onion-like

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dan7 TIL from 1575 to 1578, expeditions from England to Canada brought back thousands of tonnes of black rock at huge expense of money and lives, after a Venetian alchemist lied about it containing gold ore. After discovering the true worth, it was used to build a wall around one of Henry VIII’s homes.
JY4w1 TIL forensic scientists while determining the time of death, note that drugs found in dead bodies will alter the development rates of insects feeding on a corpse. Cocaine will speed up fly/maggot rates and Morphine or Heroine will slow it down.
aO5J TIL KitKats are considered to be good luck in Japan because the Japanese reading of “KitKat”, “kitto katto”, sounds similar to “kitto katsu”, a phrase which translates to “surely win”
nWm79 TIL that local tax laws had a significant impact on automobile design, especially engine design, in different countries
oml7 TIL France was not the first to recognize the US as a legitimate nation. Morocco was the first. Even today, Morocco and the US share the US’ longest unbroken treaty.