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TIL Whale songs can be used to map out the ocean floor

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b6ZON TIL After deposing the English monarchy, the English Republic went on to shut down all theatres, forbade entertainment and banned Christmas. These were eventually unbanned when the Monarchy returned to britain
VB640 TIL that Ivan VI of Russia, who ascended the throne at the age of two months, was overthrown by his cousin Elizabeth Petrovna a year into his reign. He spent the next 20 of his life secretly imprisoned without the guards knowing his true identity, before being killed in an attempted rescue.
KO0K6 TIL that When Beethoven conducted premiere of Ninth Symphony in Vienna, he was completely deaf. After it ended, one of the soloists had to turn him around so he could see the audience applauding.
wnoJ TIL that Japanese write husband as “lord-person” and wife as “house-inside”. Also, testicles are “golden-balls”.
ne7BP TIL when poisonous frogs are fed zoo diets they no longer become poisonous. The wide variety of food in the wild supplies them with the chemicals for making poison.