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TIL there is a name for the scent of rain

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laPG TIL Seattle had a “real” super villain, Rex Velvet, who was “captured” by a Make A Wish recipient who wished to be a secret agent
GAJDE TIL that electric eels can deliver a shock of up to 600 volts, which is strong enough to stun a horse.
OkM6 TIL activist Stetson Kennedy infiltrated the KKK and passed their secret handshakes/codes to the writers of “The Adventures of Superman.” The radio show then ridiculed these practices for 16 episodes and caused Klan recruitment to grind to a halt virtually overnight.
NXB7J TIL in 2019, the UK granted asylum to a 14-year-old boy and admitted him to a local high school. He was asking 14yo girls out and changing with 14yo boys in PE. It later turned out he was actually an adult who was wanted for murder in Serbia.
N7o11 TIL of German physicist Max von Laue whose opposition to the Nazi regime is famous. Beyond the story of him melting his Nobel medal he also tended to carry parcels in his hands just to avoid giving the Hitler Salute