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TIL that not a single human pheromone has been identified

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pWl8 TIL that French grammarian Dominique Bouhours’s last words are “I am about to – or I am going to – die: either expression is correct.”
O7nL TIL In 1940 the Soviet Union shot down a civilian Finnish flight traveling from Helsinki to Tallinn. To help preserve peace the Finnish government hid the fact for over a year.
wLgvM TIL that a British midshipman, Wenman Wykeham-Musgrave, managed to survive the torpedoing and sinking of three different warships -- within the space of about an hour
78aOp TIL that the construction of Fort Boyard took so long that by the time of completion it was largely obsolete. Years later it found new purpose as a filming location for game shows.
Q0ME TIL that the Nijō Palace in Kyoto has special floors that squeak when walked upon, a sound that is very similar to the Nightingale birds. So when attackers tried to kill the Shogun, they would give their position away, but would only think that the birds outside are chirping.