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TIL the smell of metal is actually Body Odor

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gMNA TIL that in the movie half baked when dave chapelle says to the scientist “ my grandfather was part of the Tuskegee experiments” he really was.
kJxPd TIL about the existence of snail kings, which have a left-handed shell-coiling. For common garden snails, researchers estimate the occurrence frequency of snail kings at 1:40,000 individuals.
dLn8 TIL that when conjoined twin Daisy Hilton died, her sister Violet remained alive and attached to her for several days before they were both found dead.
na8G TIL that in the 1960s Nintendo manufactured a toy called Ultra Hand. made of criss-crossed plastic elements that enabled its user to pick up objects. It was very successful and helped save Nintendo from serious financial difficulties. Its inventor went on to create the Game Boy.
9l46 TIL that slaves and serfs made up around three-quarters of the world’s population at the beginning of the 19th century.