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TIL that Putrescine a chemical that "is largely responsible for the foul odor of putrefying flesh" is also a component of semen.

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aaQo TIL that a Tokyo-based company invented an in-office machine which turns used copier paper into toilet paper rolls, right in the office.
ZkBv TIL that Indian Casinos came about because a Native American couple, Russell and Helen Bryan, living on a reservation fought property tax all the way up to the Supreme Court therefore establishing precedent that the US government cannot regulate Indian affairs on reservations.
loVL5 TIL That Albus Dumbledore's Chair From The Harry Potter Films Was The Inspired By The Coronation Chair AKA King Edward's Chair.
dDwvK TIL that the legal age of adulthood is higher than 18 in three US states. In Alabama and Nebraska, it's 19, and in Mississippi, it's 21
Ry8Q TIL that on the 5th anniversary of 9/11 the United States received a gift from Russia, the Tear Drop Memorial. The base of the memorial has inscribed the names of all the victims of the attacks.