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TIL Humans can track scents and can improve with practice

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ZQAY TIL that there’s a Welsh settlement in Argentina called Y Wladfa, where they speak Patagonian Welsh. It was set up in 1865 as a “little Wales beyond Wales”.
0yOA TIL the author of Jaws dedicated the last decade of his life to the preservation of sharks to make up for the mass hysteria he inadvertently helped create.
VBdV8 TIL that earthworms have "completely scrambled" genomes, and belong to the taxonomic class Clitellata.
a87My TIL In 1979 Fotomat started renting videos, 6 years before the creation of Blockbuster Video. Customers would order from a catalog, call the local Fotomat, and pick it up the next day for a 5 day rental at $12.95. They had exclusive contracts for Disney and Paramount films. Discontinued in 1982.
ANAwn TIL that you should be very careful getting information from ChatGPT, as the AI can easily (unintentionally) produce misinformation.