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TIL The new car smell is actually Formaldehyde.

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BkVL TIL of Y2k38, or the Year 2038 Problem, when a signed 32-bit integer will no longer be large enough to store the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch.
np7G TIL: When you fill in a CAPTCHA you are helping digitize old books.
O5MR TIL the daughter of J.R.R. Tolkien believes that the description of the Dead Marshes (in LOTR) is based on the author’s experiences during the First World War.
5VdDP TIL the piña colada's creation/origin is hotly contested and claimed by the restaurant Barrachina (in 1963) and the Caribe Hilton Hotel (in 1954), both located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. However, a cocktail book by a London Hotel included the drink. This book was published in 1930.
p15p TIL: Trading Places’ Was Originally Written for Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor