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TIL: The Slo-Mo theme you hear in the movie Dredd was based on a Justin Bieber song that had been slowed down 800 times

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6DdY TIL Kissing a baby on the ear can make it go deaf.
X0oDQ TIL: A study by the Nation Center for Health Statistics found that married couples are live longer. Experts suggest that people live longer when you have someone reinforcing healthy behaviors. Men, in particular, according to Director Michael Rendall, derive more health benefits than women.
rlAw TIL That the FBI responded to MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech by labeling him a major enemy of the US, while the Norwegian Nobel Committee responded by granting him the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.
Z8KvR TIL about the cookiecutter shark. The name refers to its feeding habit of gouging round plugs, as if cut with a cookie cutter, out of larger animals. Marks made by cookiecutter sharks have been found on a wide variety of marine life, as well as on submarines, undersea cables, and even human bodies!
W7X9B TIL: The Pig War of 1859 was a confrontation between the United States and Great Britain that started when an American settler killed a pig. The conflict grew to involve warships and hundred of troops on both sides.