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TIL the smell of metal is actually Body Odor

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W7XXd TIL: Due to the Flint Michigan crisis, a study dubbed the Truth Fairy Project was done on baby teeth and the exposure to lead. Baby teeth provides easy to use info on lead levels. This led to evidence that there is no such thing as a "safe" threshold of exposure.
PYVVg TIL That Organ Donation Is Complicated
l771V TIL the Torrent duck lives on fast-flowing mountain rivers and whitewater rapids. The ducks nest in rocky coves next to the waterfalls, and the, very buoyant, ducklings quickly figure out to avoid flowing downstream by resting in the eddies in front of boulders.
M71pa TIL: Icelanders do not have family surnames. Instead their "last name" is always the first name of their father (i.e. Johannsson, or Johanndottir).
87Ga TIL that In 2010, a Colorado money manager maimed a cyclist in a hit-and-run. He escaped felony charges by arguing that the smell of his new Mercedes-Benz had aggravated his sleep apnea, which briefly knocked him out.