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TIL that "Old Book Smell" is caused by lignin — a compound in wood-based paper — when it breaks down over time, it emits a faint vanilla scent.

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X95E TIL that truck driver is the most common job in 29 out of 50 states
BYnd TIL The word ‘flaneur’ refers to a person that wonders around and observes society, a man who is not aimless in being but is not stressed of his life, he doesn’t worry about anything and is free from society’s pressures. He is a man that exists to observe.
pYYbO TIL after a disastrous flaw and costly repairs to the Hubble telescope dented public trust, Bob Williams was called crazy to bet his job and 10 precious days for observing "nothing" near the Big Dipper. The result was revolutionary beyond imagination, the first Hubble Deep Field photo
mBry TIL A Kentucky man has filed over 4,000 lawsuits around the world. He even sued Guinness World Records after they named him the record holder for most lawsuits.
dDM18 TIL about Tarrare, an 18th century Frenchman with an insatiable appetite who ate live animals as a street performer, ate spy documents for the military, and ate and drank human blood and remains at the hospital, among many other things.