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TIL of Misophonia, a condition in which annoying noises (chewing, swallowing, etc) can cause people to feel extreme rage

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9Y51p TIL European Organization for Nuclear Research or CERN, widely known for its project, the Large Hadron Collider (and popularized in the film Angels & Demons), it is also where the World Wide Web began as a CERN project named ENQUIRE, initiated by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 and Robert Cailliau in 1990.
NXAEb TIL Key West declared independence from the United States in 1982, then declared war, then immediately surrendered to apply for foreign aid, after being frustrated by the lack of response from the US government to complaints about a roadblock.
9wK5G TIL that Quick Style officially choreographed some of my favorite BTS videos. Was already excited about their work on Coke Studio but this impressed me more frankly.
78eLX TIL Due to atmospheric anomalies, during WWII a farmhouse in Rhode Island was able to intercept enemy radio transmissions from around the world | Even German tank-to-tank communications in North Africa
YJ7d TIL that in 2008, Harvard created their own version of the classic Food Pyramid that more accurately reflected dietary science.