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TIL Your enjoyment of Coriander/Cilantro is linked genetically to a specific smell gene called OR6A2 which is sensitive to aldehyde chemicals

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5Yp4r TIL about Katie Bouman, a computer scientist who at the age of 29 led the development of an algorithm for imaging black holes known as Continuous High-resolution Image Reconstruction using Patch priors (CHIRP). In April 2019 the first ever image of a black hole was acquired.
4XE55 TIL of Cocaethyline, a substance produced by the body when cocaine and alcohol are consumed together. Its euphoriant properties are so powerful it causes feelings of acute well-being almost universally among users, but it's also about 25 times more likely to kill you than cocaine alone.
OogaR TIL Craig Sager cut his son off from his will and left him with all the medical bills after his son spent 9 days at a hospital to donate stem cells for his father’s cancer treatment
NX0aJ TIL that flamingo can only eat when its head is upside down
WK7Y TIL there is a “zip bomb” called 42.zip that is only 42 kilobytes when zipped, but is 4.5 Petabytes uncompressed.