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TIL Lynard Skynard was named after their high school gym coach, Leonard Skinner

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d8lj8 TIL Gases produced from most foods are actually odorless. But certain foods result in the formation of sulfur-containing gases like hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, so when it builds up in the colon and eventually gets released, the result can carry a rotten egg-like odor.
wLVX6 TIL An off-duty Cop and his Dog found 1 Million Dollars in a Trash Dumpster, gave it to 'Lost & Found', Nobody Claimed it so.. He Got to Keep it!
KG8E TIL: NASA Deleted the first line of their mission statement in 2006……“to understand and protect our home planet”
kr77 TIL: The densest wood in the world Lignum Vitae is also self lubricating, it’s been used for hundreds of years on ships, and was used for the main shaft bearings on the first Nuclear Submarine in 1955.
M7oX7 TIL about Rosalía Abreu who was the first person to successfully breed chimpanzees in captivity.