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785r TIL that the Emancipation Proclamation did not abolish slavery in the US. It only freed slaves in states that were still part of the Confederacy. Slaves living in areas under Union control, such as New Orleans, weren’t freed.
4XraJ TIL that Calvin and Hobbes' personalities match those with the 17th century philosophers of the same name.
xVVy7 TIL that the reason why Helium makes your voice sound high is not because it changes pitch, but because it creates a higher vibration frequency because it is lighter
PYPEV TIL déjà rêvé is a feeling similar to déjà vu, except instead of feeling like you’ve previously experienced an event in real life, you feel like you previously experienced it in a dream.
9YoOD TIL Dr Livingstone ('I presume') was caught and mauled by a lion but felt only a painless dreaminess, later concluding "This peculiar state is probably produced in all animals killed by the carnivora; and if so, is a merciful provision by our benevolent Creator for lessening the pain of death."