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TIL of Loudness War: the trend of increasing audio levels in recorded music since the 90s, which criticists believe reduces overall sound quality.

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16BBd TIL the Heimlich manoeuvre is no longer the recommended move to assist people who are choking
d8xZK TIL that Sperm Whale vomit, or "Ambergris", is very valuable and is used to make perfumes, due to its pleasant smell.
16DDP TIL James Cameron directed both the first movie to have a budget of at least $100 million (True Lies, 1994) and the first to have a budget of at least $200 million (Titanic, 1997).
Vo7m TIL that despite his years at the BBC, despite countless one-man broadcasts and dozens of panel discussions, no record of George Orwell’s voice survives
7G6M TIL The Institute for Historical Review, a group that denies the holocaust, offered $50,000 for verifiable “proof that gas chambers for the purpose of killing human beings existed at or in Auschwitz” the reward was claimed in 1985 by an Auschwitz survivor.