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TIL The word “Meme” originates from famous evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins’ 1976 book “The Selfish Gene”.

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eA4b TIL more than half of brits think Sherlock Holmes was a real person.
7rVaO TIL that a French man invented a pill that perfumes your farts to smell like roses, violets, or chocolate. 60 pills sell for around $22.00 and he has also developed scented fart pills for flatulent dogs.
QlVM TIL: John Cleese’s father’s surname was Cheese. Cleese grew up 10 miles from Cheddar and his best friend at school was called Barney Butter.
7rge7 TIL many bears in Russia are addicted to sniffing gasoline from abandoned barrels. Some are so addicted, they stalk helicopters to sniff the drops of fuel they leave behind.
eWJD TIL one of Jupiters 62 moons, Europa, is thought to have twice as much water as Planet Earth