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TIL Japanese researchers created a smoke alarm for the hard of hearing that pumps super-spicy wasabi mist into the air.

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VdnQ Til that today is also the celebration of St Gertrude, the patron saint of cats, gardeners, and mental illness.
e95E TIL that the bad spelling in email scams is intentional and there to weed out the more educated recipients.
nNn9 TIL Gili Trawangan, a small mainly Muslim Island that is harsh on alcohol, openly and legally sells and consumes Magic Mushrooms on a regular basis in Milkshakes and eaten like potato chips
pLB8 TIL that the creator of mothers day spent the rest of her life trying to end it’s celebration and died without children in 1948
QNg0L TIL that there is a genus of bees nicknamed “vulture bees” that are stingless and eat carrion (dead animal meat) instead of pollen. They still produce edible honey and can be found in North and South America.