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TIL: The British used to tell their orphans were going on a ‘day trip’, only to put them on a boat for six weeks and forcibly relocate them to Australia

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Wl6N TIL of “Last Thursdayism”, the idea that the universe began to exist last Thursday, with everything (including our memories) all formed at the time of creation (last Thursday) in a state such that they appear much older
Wkwv8 TIL A psychology study of more than 4,000 millionaires found that people with more wealth are indeed happier with life. They also found that people who earned their wealth were happier than those who inherited it.
p8krp TIL Superbowl Sunday is the second highest food consumption day in the US, ahead of Christmas and only beaten by Thanksgiving
bnkp TIL Wu-Tang Clan has an ASL translator that goes to all their shows.
ZDPG TIL most train horns are based on musical chords. Common passenger trains found in the U.S. are usually based on maj6th chords, which are not as threatening as most freight trains, which are based on more dissonant, frightening , such as diminished 7th chords