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TIL Singers in a choir unconsciously coordinate their breathing patterns, which leads to synchronized heart rates, especially during slow chanting.

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0d7B5 TIL that one of the strategies proposed for raising the Titanic before it fully deteriorates was to fill it full of ping pong balls.
ENKW TIL that Armenian-American metal band System of a Down once held a free concert made for 3,500 people, but nearly triple the amount of people showed up. The concert was eventually cancelled by police due to the large crowd, which caused fans to start a riot and destroy $30,000 worth of equipment.
VB08 TIL you cannot create a folder named “CON” in any version of Microsoft Windows.
v4xK TIL before 1939 in Ireland, if a Guinness brewer wished to marry a Catholic, his resignation was requested.
EwJx TIL that in 1974, Ian Ball attempted to kidnap Princess Anne. After shooting her bodyguard, chauffeur and a bystander, he asked her to get out of the car, to which she responded “Not bloody likely”