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TIL astronomers found a huge cloud of dust containing ethyl formate, the same chemical that gives raspberries their taste, in the middle of the Milky Way.

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0wojp TIL Cambodia has never experienced severe famine in its modern history other than during Pol Pots "Super Great Leap Forward"
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5VnAp TIL the term "Spinster" for an older unmarried woman came from the late Middle Ages, married tradeswomen had an easier time obtaining higher-status, higher-income work than their unmarried peers. Unmarried women ended up with lower-status, lower-income jobs like combing, carding, and spinning wool.