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TIL there are pads you can wear to make your farts not stink.

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b91y9 TIL During Prohibition the residents of NY and New Jersey were warned about "poison booze" streaming across the border from Canada. Any potential drinkers were warned that 90% of Canadian whiskey were made from cheap grain alcohol, water and coloring substances. Illnesses and deaths ensued.
WJmA TIL that the word “Orchid” is derived from the Greek word “Orkhis”, meaning “testicle”
VBXx4 TIL cyber criminals with the help of A.I voice cloning software, used a deepfaked voice of a company executive to fool a Emirati bank manager to transfer 35 million dollars into their personal accounts. The bank manager had recognized the executive's voice from having worked with him before.
bVnp TIL the Greek Navy commissioned a technologically-accurate trireme to be built in 1985, and that ship was used to prove that the legendary feats of ancient Athenian sailors were easily achievable with even untrained crews.
LQma9 TIL Until 1958 Popes were embalmed by having all their organs removed. Pious XII was against this so a novel method was used: it went so bad that his body started rapidly decaying while still in public view and the ceremony was canceled after the chemical reactions made the swiss guards fall ill