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TIL: Mosquitoes probably aren’t affected by your blood alcohol level and are more attracted to you after you drink

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D6Ke TIL that the Buddy, the Golden Retriever who starred in ‘Airbud,’ was actually a stray rescued in the Sierra Nevada mountains. In the film, Airbud is also a stray who gets rescued after being abandoned by his owner.
5Y7BB TIL scientists were able to spin a calcium carbonate molecule to 600 million RPM, generating 1 billion Gs of force. Unfortunately, the molecule spun so fast that it disappeared from the experimental chamber and scientist are still trying to find out where it went to this day.
R0d1 TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger was originally cast to play Kyle Reese in the original Terminator, but after reading the script asked James Cameron to play the role of the machine, telling Cameron “trust me”
WEdB TIL Chicago has almost as many homicides as the whole of the UK - but the population of Chicago is only that of Manchester.
Oo1x7 TIL the compound which gives feces its smell, skatole, smells like flowers in small amounts meaning that roses really do smell like poo