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jNJOE TIL we perceive sound pitch logarithmically. The notes in a scale sound like they rise in equal steps but their vibrational frequencies are rising by equal multiples.
DjjJ TIL the kindness of the allied forces accidentally killed some Holocaust survivors. Upon being liberated, the soldiers brought food to the severely emaciated survivors. The problem is people who are that emaciated can’t handle large amounts of food so quickly. It ended up killing them.
8K0G TIL that Mozart heard a starling at market whistling an unpublished tune he was working on – he bought the starling to preserve secrecy, recorded the melody it sang in his notebook, and gave it an elaborate funeral when it died three years later.