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TIL in 1960 the heir to the Coors beer fortune was abducted and murdered

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5VM09 TIL that Isadore Stessel was the only US Navy Airship casualty of WWII. Stessel was part of the crew on K-74 when it attacked and rendered the U-134 unable to submerge. Stessel was then killed by a shark moments before rescue the following day.
OolnX TIL the reason some people get sick when they read in the car is because your ear and your eyes disagree about whether or not you're moving.
7rnQL TIL Why Cilantro Tastes Like Soap. People who report that "cilantro tastes bad" have a variation of olfactory-receptor genes that allows them to detect aldehydes—a compound found in cilantro that is also a by-product of soap and part of the chemical makeup of fluids sprayed by some bugs.
Zppja TIL some people are born tongue-tied. This anomaly restricts mobility of the tongue due to an unusually short, thick lingual frenulum, the membrane connecting the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth. The condition is easily fixed by surgically cutting the frenulum
D1vbD TIL helmets weren't required in the NHL until 1979.