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TIL A human nose is capable of detecting a trillion different smells

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PDJw TIL that the pizza Margherita owes its name to Italy’s Queen Margherita who in 1889 visited the Pizzeria Brandi in Naples. The Pizzaiolo (pizza maker) on duty that day, Rafaele Esposito created a pizza for the Queen that contained the three colors of the new Italian flag.
4k0DN TIL that in the 17th & 18th centuries, the traditional source of cadavers—executions—declined, leading to a surge in corpse theft due to rising medical demand, poor preservation, and minimal penalties.
dDRv8 TIL that the white soles in sport shoes are cheaper and that's what makes them so common.
Q69X TIL on 26 August 2016 in Hardangervidda, Kingdom of Norway, a “herd of wild reindeer was struck by lightning.” More than 300 (three hundred) reindeer died “in what wildlife officials say was a highly unusual massacre by nature.”
neR09 TIL famed historical detective novelist Anne Perry helped murder her best friend's mother at the age of 15. The story became the basis of the 1994 film Heavenly Creatures, directed by Peter Jackson and starring Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey in their feature film debuts.