TIL, old books have a particular smell due to lignin being present in the paper. Lignin is related to vanillin, leading them to have a faint vanilla scent. March 19, 2020 Read more Share Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps Labels TIL Share Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps Comments
More than eight million to 14 million tonnes of unreported fish catches are traded illicitly every year, costing the legitimate market between $9 billion and $17 billion in trade each year. The study looked at catch losses for 143 countries February 26, 2020 Read more
TIL that even in the Middle Ages, scholars never believed the Earth to be flat. The notion that authorities believed firmly in a flat Earth is a modern falsehood to discredit religion in the face of science. Even most Christian scholars acknowledged that Earth was spherical. January 29, 2020 Read more Read more
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