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TIL the final song on Pink Floyd’s album “Atomic Heart Mother” -“Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast”- features a dripping sink at the end where on original vinyl copies, the effect was cut into the vinyl’s run-off groove, causing the dripping noise to play on infinitely until the stylus was removed

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Yk9r TIL in 2008 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled the 2nd Amendment was founded to protect an individuals right to use a firearm for self-defense and any lawful purpose such as hunting, in contrary to belief that it was only about muskets used to take down a tyrannical government.
OG466 TIL about Dr. Jesse Bennett, the first American physician to perform a C-Section, which he performed on his own wife
JYemv TIL that in the 1950's the US airforce tried to design a cockpit to fit the average pilot's body. After measuring 4000 pilots they discovered that none of them came close to having an average body. This lead to introduction of adjustable seats.
oAG7 TIL High atmospheric pressure affects the bubbles in your coffee. If the bubbles are close to the center expect rain or storm.
4QQ6 TIL that in 4 billion years, when the Andromeda galaxy and the milky way collide, the probability even just two stars colliding is negligible.