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TIL The new car smell is actually Formaldehyde.

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9dmD TIL The first time the beatles took acid, it was given to them by their dentist, without their knowledge or consent
kWEd TIL In 1914, British WWI soldier Thomas Hughes tossed a beer bottle with a letter to his wife into the English Channel. He was killed two days later. In 1999, a fisherman dredged up the bottle in the River Thames. Although Hughes’ wife had died in 1979, it was delivered to his 86-year old daughter.
8nAX TIL of the Ting Hai effect, a stock market phenomenon in which there is a sudden and unexplained drop in the stock market whenever a film or a television series starring Hong Kong actor Adam Cheng is released.
QNGE9 TIL of Propaganda Due, an Italian masonic lodge founded in 1877 that by 1980s became known as the “a state within a state” responsible for high-level corruption and political manipulation.
rR11 TIL that Crows living in urban areas are known to gather nuts then place them in the street for passing cars to crack open the shells. Then, after waiting patiently for the light to change, they return to the street to eat them.They are also considered as 5th Smartest animals.