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TIL The famous, ethereal high C note that made Allegri's "Miserere Mei, Deus" famous was a result of a scribal error, and not in the original arrangement

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l7BY1 TIL that in the 15th century, England created a "Court of Requests" specifically to provide faster and more affordable law cases for the poor. It became unpopular with the regular courts and lawyers because it was so much faster and cheaper. One source says that Richard III founded it.
pYYdO TIL the asteroid impact that caused the dinosaur extinction set 70% of the world's forests on fire, caused tsunamis that rose to a height of 300ft (100m), and ejected 25 trillion metric tons of debris into the atmosphere that reduced sunlight by up to 90% for a decade.
pYeYG TIL that Barry Marshall drank a broth of cultured H. pylori to prove that the bacteria caused stomach ulcers. Expecting to develop ulcers years down the road, he instead developed symptoms in three days; within two weeks, he needed antibiotics due to the bacterial colonization and inflammation.
b9AOa TIL: Platypuses (when swimming/hunting) are also one of the only mammals to use electroreception, meaning they locate prey by the electrical pulses they generate through their body.
LkRmd TIL Coca-Cola in the Maldives is made from seawater