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TIL When it smells like rain, you’re actually smelling the ground.

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kDKd TIL there was a movement post WW2 to make Sicily a US state. There were 40,000 people in Sicily who actively tried to do this, This was due to common family heritage and the fact Sicily was distinct from the rest of Italy.
rRdEW TIL of Terence Kirk, an American soldier who was captured by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor day and spent the entire war at a brutal prison camp. While there, he built a camera out of scrap, and took many pictures. After the war, he was put under a gag order, and only told his story 38 years later.
n7B9 TIL the word “moot” does not mean “pointless”; rather, it means “up to argument or discussion”.
7yv7 TIL: The oldest recorded cat was 38 years old. The previous record holder was 34 and owned by the same man.
PBkL TIL that Filipino Martial Arts are considered the most advanced practical modern blade system in the world and are used by the U.S. Army, the Spetsnaz, and various branches of India’s military