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TIL ponderosa pine trees bark smells like butterscotch.

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8a7bG TIL that in 2004, a comedian went on television posing as a Dow Chemical executive, taking responsibility for the Bhopal chemical disaster, and promising $12 billion in compensation to victims. Dow immediately denied the promise and apology, but their stock value dropped by $2 billion in 23 minutes.
5YQNk TIL Liquid cremation an alternative to using flame to cremate bodies liquid chemicals heat and pressure are used to basically dissolve the body.
vLVD TIL Grave of the Fireflies is based on the authors own experiences as a child and was written as a personal apology for not being able to save his younger sister Keiko.
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