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TIL: Hoping to make the visitor experience more memorable, a museum added "sniffing stations" to its dinosaur exhibit. Scientific thought went into simulating (among other scents) Tyrannosaurus rex' bad breath.

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rNWQW TIL that same-sex behavior has been recorded in more than 1000 species in animal kingdom ranging from beetles to penguins.This was earlier often seen as an example of Darwin's paradox as these behaviors are non-reproductive and don't contribute to the advancement of species in the traditional sense.
boO4 TIL that there’s a mystery prisoner held in total seclusion in Israel, known only as Mister X. The press isn’t allowed to mention his existence.
4XgyR TIL Kim Kardashian was paid to post a selfie on Instagram and Twitter advertising a pharmaceutical product. Sent to 42 million followers on Instagram and 32 million on Twitter, this illegal advertisement did not contain any risk information or language specifying that it was a paid endorsement.
DyLg TIL that comic book characters come back to life after dying so often that they are aware of the likely resurrections. Professor X said “in mutant heaven there are no pearly gates, but instead revolving doors.” After one X-Man died, his daughter refused to mourn him because he’d be alive again.