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

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7807Z TIL that from 1958 to 2002 it was tradition for the newly elected French President to pardon traffic offenses for the 6-12 months before the election. President Chirac ended the tradition because of the substantial rise in traffic deaths and injuries it caused.
4XAOJ TIL the guy who voiced aol’s “you’ve got mail.” is now an Uber driver.
R5499 TIL that over a thousand pages of information was made possible by this woman & many others that allowed N.A.S.A. get to the moon.
4XZpb TIL that Nazis ran brothels within concentration camps to motivate prisoners to work more. Over 35k women were forced into forced sex labour.
l7M1a TIL The earliest known examples of the merit system for selecting bureaucrats based on their ability (rather than their political connections or high birth) date back to the Qin and Han dynasties of China, between the 3rd Century BCE and 2nd Century CE.