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TIL that the term "Big Bertha" comes from Bertha Krupp, the sole owner of the company who manufactured the popular German WW1 "big bertha" siege howitzer cannon.

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8aZ5a TIL Infrasound waves (with frequencies below 20Hz) lead to distorted vision and the possibility of “ghost” sightings. It can also cause headaches, nausea, night terrors and sleep disorders
7B9b TIL that 170 people were able to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar accurate to .1% when their answers were averaged. Out of 4520 beans, the average guess was 4524. The phenomena is known as wisdom of the crowd.
lolmG TIL that over 1200 bones equaling to 15 bodies, 6 of them children, were found in Benjamin Franklin’s old home in London. Many Historians concluded that it was from an Anatomy School run by Franklin’s protege William Hewson.
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