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TIL: Most people lack the gene to detect the distinctive scent of asparagus in their urine

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ADEal TIL in The silver fox domestication experiment, the tamest foxes were selected to be bred, generation after generation, to see what happened: they became very tame very fast, developed floppy ears and curly tails, and some got mottled coats, just like other domesticated animals.
7rykZ TIL Reflector telescopes can have varying focal ratios to keep the optical tube size manageable. The largest privately owned reflector telescope has a 75” mirror, is mounted on a trailer and is pulled by a truck
M7OjW TIL about Grand Duke Travis I of Westarctica, the American man who has claimed the otherwise unclaimed part of Antarctica as his own territory
b9n19 TIL the CIA once paid prostitutes to lure individuals into monitored safe houses in New York, San Francisco, & Marin. The prostitutes then gave their clients LSD and other substances while the CIA watched through one way glass.
lma5 TIL Rolling luggage wasn’t invented until 1970, and initially stores didn’t want to stock it.