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TIL Binturongs or Bearcats smell likes buttered popcorn.

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DQDke TIL about Hevisaurus, a Finnish Heavy Metal band for children. They are the second Finnish band to have their picture in the Hard Rock Cafe, as well as being in their international database of artists and bands (Amorphis being the first to receive this honor).
XEnXD TIL some minutes have 59 or 61 seconds, known as Leap Seconds, to account for irregularities of Earth's rotation due to climatic/geological events
7Vbr TIL that it’s possible to upgrade through every major version of Windows, from 1.0 to Windows 7 (always upgrading, no clean install)
ma1o TIL that over 99.8% of deceased Japanese are cremated at their funeral (mostly to save space).
gMkoW TIL there is a small Antarctic island called Shagnasty Island, named after the blue-eyed shags the researchers found there.