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TIL “new car smell” is carcinogenic.

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BPBL TIL Clint Eastwood helped finance a private mission in 1981 into Laos to see if there were still American POWs alive.
J1w48 TIL that corpses can grow vivianite crystals in the right conditions
x6jP0 TIL the earliest known name for a pet was Nedjem, a cat owned by Puimre high priest of Amun in the 15th Century BC. Nedjem translates to 'the sweet one', meaning the very first named pet was a Sweetie.
LkrpQ TIL Death by GPS refers to the death of people attributable, in part, to following GPS directions or GPS maps
PYYng TIL Oh, Boy! and That'll Be the Day were recorded by The Crickets formed and fronted buy Buddy Holly Not Buddy Holly and The Crickets