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TIL about the "Shephards tone". An audio illusion which sounds like it is contantly rising when it isn't. It is used in films and video games to add suspense.

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GYgmJ TIL that Marjory Stoneman Douglas fought against efforts to drain the FL Everglades and reclaim land for development when she was 79 years old. Her tireless efforts earned her several variations of the nickname "Grande Dame of the Everglades.” She also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
WVd9 TIL a Titanic II is being built by an Australian billionaire. It will be an exact replica of the first and even serve the same meals.
KO6dG TIL Hideo Kojima, creator of Metal Gear Solid, wanted to coat the disks of his 1988 game Snatcher in a paint that would smell like blood when heated in the computer, to recreate the smell of a murder scene
gB99 TIL Khadijah Williams, homeless girl went to Harvard. She attended 12 schools in 12 years; lived out of garbage bags among pimps, prostitutes and drug dealers. She was accepted to more than 20 universities before choosing Harvard.
JYB4l TIL Muhammad Ali was stripped of his heavyweight title and faced a five-year prison term, at the height of the Vietnam War for refusing to fight. "I ain't got no quarrel with those Vietcong, they never called me n****r."