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TIL that space dust tastes like raspberries because they both contain the compound ethyl formate.

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grKQA TIL of Robert Levinson, who disappeared on March 9 2007, whilst working as a private investigator in Iran. Levinson flew to Kish Island to meet Dawud Salahuddin, a US fugitive, as part of a "unauthorised CIA mission" before disappearing. In 2011,photos of Levinson alive were sent to his family.
newxB TIL VR has been shown to effectively reduce racism in various research studies.
wvOE TIL Georg Cantor, the mathematician who came up with the idea that ‘infinity has different sizes’, was rejected by most of his contemporaries for his ideas and, as a result, suffered from depression until the end of his life.
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