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TIL that white noise is piped through office buildings as it's supposed to improve productivity.

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1agO4 TIL of Alison Botha, a South African woman who survived 46 stabs to her throat and abdomen by using one hand to hold up her partially severed head and the other to carry her disemboweled intestines in a t-shirt until she reached help.
4kgpg TIL about the Charter of the Forest of 1217, an English charter which re-established for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by King William the Conqueror and his heirs. It remained in force for 754 years, being superseded only in 1971
4XWoo TIL There's a culture of walking around barefoot in New Zealand
VB154 TIL: NY, NJ, MA, and MN addresses paranormal activity in their real estate disclosure laws. In NJ, a seller must inform the buyer that their property is haunted if asked and in New York, a home sale is rescinded if the seller creates and perpetuates a reputation that the home is haunted.
R5ka4 TIL the American forces prepping to invade Saipan in 1944 requested a flamethrower tank, but one had not yet been developed. So they bought 30 Ronson flamethrowers from Canada and mounted them onto M3 Stuart tanks, renaming them "M3 Satans"