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TIL “new car smell” is carcinogenic.

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M5o0 TIL the Larry the Lobster sketch on SNL where Eddie Murphy asks the viewers to call-in to spare Larry’s life caused such a spike on phone networks that AT&T established communication with TV networks so that they could be warned of potentially disruptive future events. It remains in use to this day
kJ4J5 TIL the terms "booze" , "fed up", "hoodwinked", "under her thumb" and "wrapped around her finger" come from falconry
R57G4 TIL the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the United States Public Health Service are home to their own uniformed service corps that are separate from the U.S. military.
Vd9k TIL of a website that gives online piano lessons for free. Hoffman Academy – Online Piano Lessons for Free
JeJ8 TIL that the crew compartment of the Challenger space shuttle disaster survived the mid-air explosion, and ascended another 17,000ft on its own momentum before free-falling into the ocean. The impact with the water is what is believed to have killed the crew.