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TIL Olfactory adaptation is the reason we are unable to smell ourselves or the stench of our regularly lived environments.

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EAY7 TIL the first Alien movie was originally going to end with the alien winning
nenDB TIL that most Huskies in the US are descended from the sled dog team that completed the most grueling part of the 1925 Great Race of Mercy. They saved many children's lives by transporting diphtheria antitoxin when no one else could. Afterwards, the team was sold to a kennel in Poland Spring, ME.
W4v4 TIL In April 2008, Prince covered “Creep” at Coachella. This version was captured on a video and uploaded to Youtube. However, it was quickly taken down at Prince’s request. After finding out about the blocking, Thom Yorke was quoted as saying: “Well, tell him to unblock it. It’s our song.”
J1r8k TIL about Robledo Puch, "The Angel of Death". Convicted at 20 years old for 11 murders and 17 armed robberies. After his arrest his mother attempted suicide and his father blamed him for it, angering Puch and threatening to kill him upon release. He's spent the last 52 years in an Argentinian prison
LQLW0 TIL There is an actual Rhode Island in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Despite being the state's namesake and the island's "original" name, no one calls it that, and the locals have colloquially renamed it to Aquidneck Island.