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TIL Less than half the population can actually smell asparagus pee

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woYEY TIL time seems to only flow in one direction at the macroscopic level but that is not the case at the microscopic level. This phenomenon is known as the "arrow of time paradox" and it's one of the many unsolved problems in physics.
pYYVZ TIL about “The Jalen Generation”. 90’s and 2000’s NBA star Jalen Rose got his name when his mom combined James and Leonard together. There were no other Jalens at the time, but because of Rose’s popularity currently over 30 athletes with versions of the name Jalen are playing in the NBA and NFL.
VaRB TIL that beer cans in Japan have braille on them so blind people don’t confuse alcoholic drinks with soft drinks
WDVX TIL that even if all non-violent drug offenders were released from federal and state prisons the United States would still have the highest incarceration rate in the world
Mebra TIL that between 2007 and 2009, Zimbabwe’s currency reached an inflation rate of 79,000,000,000%, with the government printing 100 Billion dollar bills to keep up.