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TIL A Japanese Interpreter for Jimmy Carter Once Said “President Carter told a funny story. Everyone must laugh.”

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G8eE TIL when Daft Punk recorded an interview with Giorgio Moroder (godfather of electronic music) for their song “Giorgio by Moroder”, they used microphones from 60s to 00s, so when he spoke of a period in his life, it would be recorded with a microphone that existed within the same timeframe.
Z8yro TIL 70% of millionaires do not consider themselves "wealthy"
NVL1 TIL that the quietest room in the world is so quiet, you can hear your own organs work, and causes hallucinations within 30 minutes.
VMgXp TIL After a certain depth under water your lungs are compressed to a point where you are no longer buoyant and will sink to the bottom unless you have something to hold on to
mxyeP TIL that in 1896 an american businessman created a spectacle for 40.000 people where he let two locomotives crash together, just for the fun of it. Unfortunately their boilers exploded during the crash and two people died.