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TIL that bacteria called actinomycetes cause ‘the smell of rain.’

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7aOb TIL that Superman was originally a left-wing superhero who fought “crooked” businessmen and unscrupulous politicians, demolished tenement houses, and attacked the KKK and wife beaters.
OoPE7 TIL that 14 of the 60 residents of the village of New Rome, Ohio were police officers. The police department's only purpose was issuing traffic tickets, and they brought in around $400,000 a year, mostly by citing drivers for things such as improperly tinted windows. The town was dissolved in 2004.
Z8YbQ TIL according to studies,an estimate of 1 million fathers in the U.S. are unknowingly raising another man's child.
kKXE TIL the ‘Hollywood Accounting’ dispute surrounding Forrest Gump was resolved last year. The rights to the second book have now been acquired. As a result, it is likely we will get a Forrest Gump movie sequel.
l6Qr TIL that the number of Chinese causalities killed by the Japanese far outnumbered the Jews killed in the holocaust