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TIL that the famous “Wilhelm scream,” a stock sound effect used in hundreds of films, was first recorded in 1951 and is still used today as an inside joke by sound editors.

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8aoaV TIL, that in 1838 a 14 year old boy nicknamed "The boy Jones" broke into Buckingham Palace and stole Queen Victoria's underwear
9YWvG TIL that people whose mother language is anumeric (a language that has no way of expressing arbitrary numbers) struggle to compare and remember the exact size of collections of as little as four objects. This suggests that numeric abilities are intrinsically related to linguistic abilities
b9XKp TIL in 2007, an English woman cremated her missing son, only for him to turn up alive and well a day later. It turned out that the police had mistakenly identified another dead man as her son, and she herself had become convinced after they confirmed his “distinctive scars”, such as a brain injury.
ONo7 TIL that the mathematician Pythagoras refused to ever eat or even touch beans. In fact, while being chased by attackers, he came across a bean field but refused to enter. His attackers promptly caught him and slit his throat.
epODJ TIL in the Karajá language, only women generally pronounce the sound /k/. With time, the extensive weakening of the /k/ sound became associated with masculinity while its preservation was seen as a sign of femininity. This is an example of a socially motivated phonological rule.