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TIL That every single Holiday Inn has a signature scent. In a recent rebranding, IHG decided to purchase air fresheners in all 1145, using a scent described as “Notes of Jasmine, mixed with Wood, and Honeysuckle.”

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o44o TIL that in 1964, a parent wrote to the US Attorney General complaining that the lyrics to “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen were obscene. After 2 years of investigation, the FBI dissmissed the complaint because the lyrics of that recording were “unintelligible at any speed”.
d8Drd In this week's Today I Learned, National Geographic photographer and conservation filmmaker Clay Bolt explains how a bumblebee's buzz could be considered a superpower—and one far more beneficial than any run-of-the-mill, comic book variety.
oavL TIL that Roman Emperor Augustus witnessed a man attempt to feed a slave to lamprey eels as a punishment for breaking a cup. Augustus freed the slave and had the rest of the man’s cups broken.
KY8P9 TIL about the sea spider which can grow up to 2.3 feet, uses its legs to pump oxygen instead of the heart, and can have up to 12 legs.
VAED TIL Scotland has its own species of wildcat, and it is endangered.