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TIL Nobody Died During Construction of the St. Louis Arch

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xVmjo TIL of “Chronostasis”, a type of temporal illusion in which a new event introduced to the brain can appear to be extended in time. Chronostasis causes the “stopped-clock illusion” which is why the first second after looking at an analog clock can appear to be longer than normal.
N0RM TIL that the world’s quietest room is so quiet you can hear yourself blink
GOj7 TIL a 4 yo kid named Bobby Dunbar disappeared on a family trip, 8 months later they rescued him and reunited him with his family and they lived happily ever after. Nearly a hundred years later, DNA proved conclusively that the kid they rescued wasn’t Bobby Dunbar.
9YkgD TIL that Pope Francis used to work as a nightclub bouncer in Argentina, before beginning seminary studies.
woeA6 TIL Humans can track scents and can improve with practice