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TIL that because of different bacteria living on man/woman’s body, man’s sweat smells like cheese and woman’s smells like onions.

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R916 TIL in 1980, Maureen Wilcox bought lottery tickets in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and both tickets won in the wrong state
0dJ5j TIL that platinum was not known in Europe before the (re)discovery of the Americas. The first European reference to platinum appears in 1557 as a description of an unknown noble metal found between Darién and Mexico, "which no fire nor any Spanish artifice has yet been able to liquefy"
Qagk TIL Tesla Motors publicly releases their patents to encourage competition and the advancement of electric vehicle technology.
OGMN1 Til that should never give Honey to any child under 1 years old as it could cause them to get severely ill and die.
xVn9k TIL that crooked teeth are somehow the result of the industrial revolution. All fossils and remains of humans from more than 200 years ago have perfectly aligned, cavity free, teeth.