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

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G8B7 TIL that specially destructive hurricanes have their names retired from the hurricane name list
Ooa4e TIL some Jewish males celebrate a second Bar Mitzvah at age 83, under the logic that the Torah states a normal lifespan is 70 years, thus an 83-year-old can be considered 13 in a second lifetime. This practice is becoming more common as people live longer, healthier lives
5YEon TIL the oldest mummies belong to the South American Chinchorro culture (nowadays northern Chile). The oldest anthropogenically modified Chinchorro mummy dates from around 5050 BCE, 2000+ years earlier than the earliest Egyptian mummy, which was found around 3000 BCE.
e0eYL TIL Ninety percent of all mobile phones sold in Japan are waterproof because youth like to use them even while showering
dLn8 TIL that when conjoined twin Daisy Hilton died, her sister Violet remained alive and attached to her for several days before they were both found dead.