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TIL a dumb hole is like a black hole, but sound waves rather than light waves are absorbed and cannot escape. A lab created one in 2009

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Kpm9 TIL in his will, Shakespeare bequeathed the bulk of his large estate to his eldest daughter, and though the will scarcely mentions his wife, he made a point to leave her “my second best bed.”
6ElWW TIL that King Louis XV of France professed his affection for the future Madame de Pompadour while dressed like a friggin tree.
16GmP TIL: The Addam’s Family franchise is based off a 1930s New Yorker cartoon.
W7GAL TIL that one of the biggest bestsellers of early modern Europe was the "Malleus Maleficarum" (the "Hammer of Witches")—a guidebook for prosecuting and killing witches. From 1400 to 1775, 100,000 people were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe and America, and around 50,000 were executed in Europe.
8A94 TIL you can buy a 5 year pass from the TSA to keep your shoes, belt, and jacket on through airport security for $85.