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TIL the identity of the man who provided critical details to WaPo, leading to the 1972 Watergate scandal, was kept secret until 2005. He went by the pseudonym Deep Throat.

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R5ypa TIL that on May 2017, an engineer improperly activating an uninterruptible power supply at a data center resulted in a power outage at that data center, which resulted in 75000 British Airways passengers being stranded over a 3 day period during a holiday period.
Z8Pov TIL Heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury struggled w/drug addiction & mental health issues for years. When he first fought Deontay Wilder in 2018, Fury donated his entire $9 million purse from the fight to charities that specialize in providing housing for recovering alcoholics and addicts
m1WEM TIL that there is a rare condition known as "synesthesia" where people experience a blending of their senses. someone with synesthesia might see colors when they hear music . This phenomenon is estimated to affect about 1 in 2,000 people.
Br6GD TIL that historians believe that the worst year on earth was 536. This included a volcanic eruption that spewed ash so far that the earth lost the sun for a year, deadly famines, a plague, and a small ice age. Historians also believe that this year started the end of the Byzantine and Roman Empires
wo0pM TIL An estimated 5% to 28% of people experience auditory hallucinations as they fall asleep or are waking up. Up to 70% of people have experienced this at least once. Having auditory hallucinations when wide awake is cause for concern though.