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TIL That There is a Mysterious "Hum" in Parts of the World That Only Certain Members of the Population Can Hear.

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b6oZZ TIL C. J. Lewis tried to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II in 1981 and two years later he tried to escape from psych ward to kill Prince Charles
7lVb TIL A man once sued Pepsi after trying to buy a Harrier fighter jet with Pepsi Points
Lke80 TIL There's an autonomous polity in Greece which is the only political subdivision in the world in which women are prohibited from entering for any reason.
be6Q TIL avocados are toxic to most if not all animals, humans are the exception
vEZ8 TIL the “dollar” is an anglicized version of the dutch “daler”, which was in heavy use in the Caribbean and New Amsterdam (New York) from 1600 to 1800s. The Daler is short for the German “Joachimsthaler”, a currency that was produced in the 1300s in Joachimsthal, Bohemia.