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TIL The Sun emits sound waves, similar to a bell
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TIL the word boycott derived from Charles Boycott, an agent who collected rent from Irish farms on behalf of the British. Farmers demanded rent reductions, Boycott refused and evicted those tenants. Rather than attack Boycott the Irish farmers refused to do business with him at all. Boycotting.
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TIL that during the Cold War Zambia tried to beat the US and Soviet Union to space by sending “Afronauts” to Mars to convert Martians to Christianity.
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TIL that Stanley Kubrick came in secret to the set of the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), to advise on lighting.
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TIL That the moon appearing huge when it's near the horizon is a trick our brains play on us, you can remove the illusion by bending over and looking through your legs, or standing on your head and nobody is quite sure why.
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TIL about Whataburger, and What-a-burger. They’re both different restaurants that opened on the same day without the knowledge of each others existence.