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Tom Whitwell's annual collection of 52 fascinating facts returns, featuring expensive calculators and trademarked scents

Mark Frauenfelder
Dec 06, 2024
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For the last several years, Tom Whitwell, has written an annual list of 52 things he's learned that year. He just posted his new one.

Here are five samples:

There are just 16 trademarked scents in the US, including Crayola crayons, Playdoh, an ocean-scented soft play in Indiana and a type of gun cleaner that smells of am…

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