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TIL the opposite of a mule is called a hinny

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QvR9 TIL that the phrase “get some” (in the sexual sense) is attributed to Abraham Lincoln.
WkwPL TIL David Attenborough has released an album of Field Recordings from Across the Planet dating from 50 years ago , and featuring indigenous music from a time before these cultures had been influenced by western music.
N7mG1 TIL "The 1 Second Film" is a film project intending to feature 1 second of animation followed by 1 hour of credits. $1 or above donors to the film's crowdfund received a producer credit, this caused havoc as the IMDb listing reached over 3,000 producers. Ultimately the film was removed from IMDb.
kOWxW TIL about the mobile offshore base (MOB) a proposed idea for a super-massive naval ship for performing military operations where regular land bases are not present.
e0OZE Today I learned that auto makers have been adding fake engine noises to their car speaker systems, or even adding entirely separate speaker systems to increase the rumble and depth of the sound of engines to compensate for modern efficiency resulting in less oomph. It’s called a Soundaktor.