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TIL that daith ear cartilage piercings can relieve some people of migraines by severing part of the vagus nerve

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B06b TIL of police officer Jed Blair. After reporting fellow cops for planting evidence his colleagues “allegedly stole his equipment, interfered with his radio calls, threatened to kill him and his family, and scrawled the word "rat” on his locker.“
W7OWo TIL the United States Geological Survey (USGS) uses the term "Gage" instead of "Gauge" because one employee in 1892 reasoned that the term "Gage" was the "proper Saxon spelling," instead of the Norman "Gauge"
78ARX TIL before overdrive guitar pedals were invented, rock pioneer Link Wray would intentionally stab the speaker cone of his guitar amps with a pencil to achieve a distorted sound. This resulting effect can be heard on his 1958 song “Rumble”.
6EOgX TIL that, contrary to expectations, objects with greater drag generate less heat when entering the atmosphere. This is because a pocket of air forms in front of the object. After this was discovered in 1951, vehicles such as the Apollo capsule were designed to enter the atmosphere blunt-end first.
9WPX TIL Gordon Ramsay left one of his first jobs while as an aspiring chef because he was tired of “the rages the bullying and violence” perpetrated by the head chef