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TIL that Abraham Lincoln’s voice was very high and even remarked as “shrill”

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J5vQ TIL that “competitive endurance tickling” is a thing, and that it apparently has a seedy criminal underbelly filled with personal attacks, legal threats, and manipulation
RPp9 TIL Trey Parker & Matt Stone were inspired to make ‘The Book of Mormon’ after seeing the Broadway musical 'Avenue Q’. Robert Lopez, creator of 'Avenue Q’, was inspired to make it after seeing Trey Parker & Matt Stone’s movie 'South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut’
R78O9 TIL "tsundoku" is a Japanese term that refers to the fact of buying books and never reading them.
8e75P TIL that there was a secret facility in the Swedish archipelago training seals for the navy during the Second World War. The seals were taught to locate mines, submarines, and torpedoes that had missed their targets.
b9d84 TIL about 'the Tridge', a three legged wooden footbridge that spans the confluence of the Chippewa and Tittabawassee Rivers in Chippewassee Park in Midland, Michigan. The three legs span out to Chippewassee Park, St. Charles Park and the Farmer's Market areas.