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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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4JBN TIL that in 2012, Specialized Bicycles sued Volagi, a company started by its former employees, over the design of their Liscio road bike. After paying $2.5m for the lawsuit, Specialized was awarded $1.00 in damages.
JY17V TIL Kool-Aid was originally marketed as "Fruit Smack."
OoK9g TIL about how the Tylenol murders of 1982 changed the way we consume medication. Advent of the tamper proof seal we see and know today. The murders still remain unsolved to this day
a8evA TIL that Benjamin Franklin, One of the Founding Fathers Was a Postmaster General for the United States Postal Service When it Was Founded in 1775
xVRpo TIL that the first powered airplane flight was not by the Wright Brothers in 1903, but by English aeronautical inventor John Stringfellow, who in 1848 flew for 30 meters in controlled and level powered flight in Somerset. Textbooks are being changed to reflect this new research and give him credit.