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TIL that not a single human pheromone has been identified

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GYgKG TIL that the 21-gun salute stems from a tradition of old war ships firing all cannons harmlessly out to sea, until all ammunition was spent. Therefore showing they were disarmed and lacked hostile intent.
4Vg TIL Western Australia passed a referendum in 1933 to secede from Australia, only to be denied by the British Government.
neDNo TIL Alice Coachmen was the first black woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games in the high jump competition. She was also the first African-American woman selected to the US Olympic Team.
KYrr9 TIL: The United States Space Force has a official Space Force song
AbP4 TIL there are more barrels of bourbon in Kentucky (4.7 million) than people (4.3 million).