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TIL that air conditioning was originally invented not for comfort, but to control humidity in a printing company to prevent issues with paper and ink.

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lo0aV TIL about misophonia; a recently proven brain abnormality which means sufferers have a hatred of sounds such as eating, chewing, loud breathing or even repeated pen-clicking (as well as other trigger noises).
9Y7Dp TIL in 2017 a Canadian Joint Task Force 2 sniper breaks longest confirmed kill record with 3450 metre shot. The bullet was fired from a McMillan TAC-50 rifle set on a high-rise tower and took 10 seconds to travel towards the fighter.
EgKeP TIL about a billions of years old meteorite that held a beautiful secret.
R7Ay1 TIL that a newly hired employee attacked a huge professional telescope with a gun and a hammer, damaging the primary mirror. The damage was never repaired, and the telescope is still in use today.
Oox6 TIL that, according to a mating theory called Hypergamy, a woman will always encounter instinctive urges to leave her current partner in favor of someone she percieves to be of “superior” status.