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TIL NAZI Germany had a anti-tobacco movement, their research was silenced after the war.

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QY5p TIL When recording “That’s life”, the scowl in Sinatra’s voice was a result of the producer telling Sinatra, after the recording session, to get out of his car and back in the studio to re-record the vocal. This made Frank very angry, shown in the song, creating the exact feel they wanted.
YGYx TIL that 47% of male victims of domestic abuse are threatened with arrest. 21% are arrested.
4516 TIL: There was a “Deaf Zone” created at Grateful Dead concerts where deaf patrons held onto inflated balloons to feel the vibration of the music.
gMoxL TIL if you lived in a basement all you life you would live 90 billionths of a second longer than those living on the surface. This is because where the pull of gravity is stronger, the slower time moves. Time moves faster upstairs.
woP Michael Jackson was so keen to play Spider-Man that he attempted to buy Marvel Comics from Stan Lee