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TIL that people who can't smell things are called ANOSMIC

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wowe8 TIL the film All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) was banned from Poland because censors felt it was "pro-German". Ironically enough it was also banned in Nazi Germany for being "anti-German"
RmV8 TIL the audio levels in recorded music have increased since the early 1990s with many experts saying it leads to reduced sound quality and listener enjoyment. This is known as the “Loudness War”.
j6MoN Today I learned bowhead whales can live over 200 years, and ancient stone points have been discovered underneath their skin from failed hunting attempts in prior centuries.
Xlo6 TIL that a 32,000 year old extinct Arctic flower was resurrected using seeds found by an Ice Age squirrel
yQkDw TIL Japanese police wear white gloves since the Beatles’ visit in 1966 when the responsible police chief decided to add a layer of propriety between police officers' hands and crowds of mostly young women