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TIL Trimethylaminuria is a metabolic disorder that makes people constantly smell like dead and rotten fish.

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XrAE TIL Titanic II is currently being built and is set to sail in 2016
0dN91 TIL that the first number in the English language that contains the letter C is one octillion.
Ldvv TIL in 2009, a woman filed suit against PepsiCo after discovering that the crunchberries in a Cap'n Crunch cereal had not in fact been real fruit. The case was thrown out, with the judge remarking that to do otherwise would “ignore all concepts of personal responsibility and common sense”.
B8Qb TIL that the infamous “Iron Maiden” of the Medieval Era was never used, and was actually a fake, constituted from misappropriated Medieval bits and pieces by Victorian Curators in order to make some money.
pg5G TIL Yellow and red cards in football were invented in 1966 by Ken Aston, an English referee, who was frustrated due to the language barrier during the World Cup. Driving down Kensington High Street, he took a look at the traffic lights and found them a useful metaphor for caution and stopping play.