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TIL By recording The French folksong "Au Clair de le Lune"(9th April 1860) Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville was the first human ever to preserve his own voice and send it into the future on a phonautagram using a phonautograph.

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d8Vwr TIL of Jane Percy’s Poison Garden, which has ricin, strychnine, coca and more. The Duchess of Northumberland stated:”Children don't care how a plant cures (…) They want to know how it kills. Here we offer a new avenue to get people talking about the misuse of drugs—most of which grow in nature."
OGx5L TIL about Lemuria, a hypothesised continent existing between India and Madagascar due to Lemurs being found in India and Madagascar but not Africa.
X9Jr TIL they make scents in a can to create a more engaging atmosphere for Dungeon and Dragon players, such as ‘Horse Stables’ and 'Ottoman Harem’.
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6ER0l TIL Japanese mayonnaise Kewpie, was started in 1925 by Tochiro Nakashima, whose goal was to create a condiment that made eating vegetables more enjoyable