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TIL a Baltimore school was evacuated and hazardous materials crews were called due to a strange odor. The source of the odor was a pumpkin spice air freshener.

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Brx6D TIL that anybody, dead or alive, travelling into France requires a passport. In 1974, The Egyptian government had to issue a passport to Pharaoh, Ramesses II to transport his body to France for restoration. Eerily, his body also received full military honours when it arrived at the Paris airport.
Y5Yv TIL a sugar rush is a placebo effect. Sugar doesn’t cause hyperactivity
LkwPV TIL Regis Philbin hated the line "This guy's bonkos" thinking it wasn't funny and "why should I become the only Seinfeld guest in history who never got a laugh?”
J1Q7m TIL: Astronauts who come back from the moon have to go through customs
vP5nr TIL 'Monkey', a puppet character in Britain. It's a rare mascot that outlived the product (digital TV) it promoted, and reused for totally different product (tea).