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TIL that if you want roses that actually smell like roses, ask your florist for "Garden Roses" instead of standard ones.

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oROyK TIL That Hogfish, Pig Fish, and Pork Fish are Kosher
a9vo TIL Newborns’ crying is influenced by native language. In a 2009 study, French infants were shown to cry with a “rising melody contour” while German infants cried with “falling contours”.
1aL1d TIL Jack Livesey fabricated a military record that included service in the Falklands War, 20 years in the parachute regiment and reaching the Colour Sergeant rank. He worked as a historian and lecturer on the basis of these falsehoods; in reality he simply served as an army cook for 3 years.
78kRP TIL suicide bombs can result in human shrapnel. Pieces of the bomber become lodged in survivors.
R5kN8 TIL about the Zimmermann Telegram, a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the USA entered World War I against Germany. The telegram was intercepted by British intelligence.