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TIL that 20-40% of the population do not have the gene that lets people detect the smell of cyanide.

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AWx4 TIL that Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis dropped the mortality rate for childbirth from 12% to 2% after he insisted doctors wash their hands in between handling cadavers and delivering babies.
8eBmK TIL a circus performer in the 18th century by the name of Thomas Wedders is in the Guinness World Records for having the longest recorded nose in history, measuring 7.5 inches (19cm).
v1Z1x TIL Time magazine had been naming a "Man of the Year" since 1927, but broke with tradition in 1982 to name the computer the "Machine of the Year". Ironically, the writer of the story wrote it on a typewriter, since Time's newsroom would not get computers for another year.
yVNvw TIL a “ferocious rabbit” ran amok in Central Park in 1917. He terrorized the sheep in Sheep Meadow, maimed dogs, and fought an orangutan in the zoo.
d8Zg9 TIL that the music video for “Basket Case” by Green Day, was originally filmed in black and white. Color was later added to the video, which is why the video itself looks so surreal.