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TIL that being exposed to even 0.01 mg/m3 of Tellurium will make you smell heavily of garlic for months, slowing research on it considerably

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wLko7 TIL George R.R. Martin made Game of Thrones show creators D.B. Weiss and David Benioff correctly guess the identity of Jon Snow's mother before he allowed them to adapt his novels
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R7gBw TIL That “Weird Al” Yankovic said that Donny Osmond was the “whitest guy I could think of” to appear in his music video for ‘White & Nerdy’ in which Osmond danced for the full 3 minutes of the song in one take.
Vw6B TIL if you essentially break into a vacant house in California, keep the yard tidy, and pay property taxes for 5 years without the owners figuring it out, you can legally gain title to the property.
jNOeN TIL that a bottlenose dolphin could swim up to 22 miles per hour(35 kilometers per hour) and when they're asleep, they keep half of its brain awake in order to keep breathing