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TIL: A low-frequency noise of unknown source, “The Hum”, is heard by some people across the planet.

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GARB7 TIL that Mighty No. 9 contains the longest closing credits sequence of any piece of media in history, being 3 hours 48 minutes in length.
gMwxy TIL 'The Rule of Three' states that whatever energy a person puts out into the world, be it positive or negative, will be returned to that person three times. It originated with Wiccans, Pagans, and occultists. In India, there is a comparable idea of threefold Karma for past, present, and future.
VBlV4 TIL there are no less than 33 instances of cities and towns named Athens in the world.
VMBJD Maybe, but it’s going to take a long time. For the past 200,000 years or so, fatty and sugary foods were hard for humans to come by and well worth gorging on. Fats help maintain body temperature, sugars provide energy, and craving such food is hardwired: Eating fats and sugars activates reward centers in the brain.
X0p8Q TIL that sex verification in elite sports was tried via chromosomal testing. It was abandoned by the IOC in 1999 after athletes' chromosome results not aligning with their assigned sex.