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TIL freshly cut grass smells the way it does because it’s a shriek of dispair

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Gr1j TIL that Nintendo gave free Wii consoles to ‘South Park’ creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone in response to the episode 'Go God Go’
9YdJp TIL that Papua New Guinea's government has officially endorsed sign language as the country's fourth official language, alongside English, Tok Pisin and Motu.
gK6X TIL That black males age 10-24 are nearly 18 times as likely to be killed than their Caucasian peers of the same ages. Caucasian females are the least likely of all to be killed by anybody, at all.
X918 TIL that 2,000 Japanese were asked to name the best invention of the 20th Century. Their top two answers were Ramen noodles and Karaoke.
nQrr TIL Mark Twain, noted abolitionist and women’s rights activist, paid for the schooling of black people, including paying one man’s tuition for Yale Law School.