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TIL two thirds of teenagers in the UK are atheists

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Vgap TIL: A tiger’s roar has a frequency that is silent to human ears but can paralyze its prey because it is so low and loud.
Yp5oW TIL Blackbeard is most famous for his legendary blockade of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. In 1718, Blackbeard entered Charleston Harbor in his ship known as Queen Anne's Revenge with three smaller ships. He proceeded to plunder five merchant ships entering or leaving the harbor.
kRYm TIL there is a theory known as the “Mandela Effect” which states we might be living in parallel universes due to many people having the same ‘false memories’ of past events that did or did not happen.
R5dda TIL that Fahrenheit 451 was serialized in Playboy
9Jm7 TIL Ex-Beatle George Harrison was forced against his will to sign a guitar for his cancer doctor as he lay dying. He also broke Harrison’s confidentiality agreement by announcing he was in cancer treatment. He was later convicted of malpractice in 20 other cases.