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TIL: Humans have odor receptors in the lung.

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E1LjP TIL that Ancient Roman concrete was stronger than modern.
4XZra TIL President Carter sent his daughter to a majority black public school when in office.
9wWJr TIL about Jemima Nicholas, a Welsh woman who thwarted the French invasion of Britain in 1797 by leading a dozen women with pitchforks against the 1400 French troops. She captured 12 troops and locked them in a church, the French surrendered after 3 days
9wYRp TIL about the Degenerate Era, where the stars in our universe will run out of fuel, and the starry night sky we see today will no longer exist. Aging stars and stellar remnants will be too cold to support life. It's hypothesized to happen about 1 quintillion years after the Big Bang.
wYrJ TIL May is National Masturbation Month, and the 28th of May is celebrated as National Masturbation Day