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TIL there is a name for the scent of rain

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4gBb TIL that the American flag on the Moon was knocked over by the exhaust from the return rocket
dp8Z TIL that the combination of 200mg of ibuprofen and 500 mg of acetaminophen is one of the strongest pain reliever combinations and found to be more effective than opioids.
9wblm TIL: There is a study in the UK at the University of Nottingham that tested the pop culture theory the "hot-crazy matrix" made popular by HIMYM with bipolar women. Men were overwhelmingly willing to date BPD women in the short term as long as they were attractive, while women won't for men.
LkJ4d TIL that Massachusetts, one of the least obese states to begin with, is one of the only states in the Union to report a drop in obesity rates within the past few years.
jorE TIL Six years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, his mother, Alberta King, was assassinated while playing the organ at her church