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TIL there is a tree which produces white flowers which are infamous for smelling exactly like semen

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ekxJ TIL in 1885 when Nikola Tesla was working for Thomas Edison, he claimed he could redesign Edison’s inefficient motor and generators. Edison said there’d be $50K US for Tesla if he got it done. After a few months he did and Edison said “Tesla you do not understand our American humor” Tesla resigned.
wojR6 TIL that in the 1950s the US Air Force was developing a highly maneuverable, hypersonic flying saucer. Code named "Pye Wacket" it was to be a defensive weapon for the B-70 Valkyrie mach 3 bomber.
W7JvN TIL that toxicology researchers analysed "George's Marvellous Medicine" from Dahl's book in 2020, and, predictably, found out that George would have murdered Grandmother. The ingestion of the Medicine, even from the censored 2023 edition, would cause "kidney injury, convulsions, cardiac toxicity".
09GL TIL there are now MLA guidelines for citing a tweet
R1r1 TIL Cats domesticated themselves 10,000 years ago in the Middle East.