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TIL classical music concerts had loud, moving, wild audiences during the performance.

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j6XER TIL caffeine enhances physical performance, endurance, muscle strength and power
jNerj TIL about the concept of 'invented tradition', in which something believed or touted to be ancient is actually modern, such as ancestral Scottish clan-tartans, which are actually a 19th-century creation.
nWvYG TIL about the 1971 Iraq poison grain disaster, in where grain containing methylmercury never intended for human consumption was imported into Iraq, where it was consumed by Iraqis living in rural areas. The recorded death toll was 459 people, but higher figures have been suggested.
84WZ TIL Charlotte Brontë wrote much of her early fiction in microscopic handwriting. One manuscript contains 4,000 words over 19 pages and is small enough to fit in the palm of a hand.
9YwbM TIL The most isolated tree on earth, The Ténéré Tree, was hit by a (probably) drunk driver in the middle of a desert.