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TIL that the Proust Phenomenon describes how odors can trigger vivid and emotional memories more effectively than other sensory cues.

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4XEgb TIL when Nolan Ryan pitched a no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers & struck out 17, Norm Cash brought a white table leg to the plate instead of a baseball bat. The umpire told Cash he could not use it, to which Cash responded, “Why not? – I won’t hit him anyway!”
GYykJ TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger was given top billing and paid $25 million dollars for his role of Mr. Freeze, equating to roughly $1 million dollars for each of his 27 ice puns in the film.
vjW4 TIL the majority of Yemen uses a drug called qat every day at 2PM
gMEjX TIL the Washington Monument contains a piece of the Parthenon, sent by Greece as a memorial stone during the Monument's construction.
VBwP4 TIL that the construction the Three Gorges Dam in China displaced enough water to lengthen the earth's day by 0.06 μs.