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TIL Researchers found that cows produced 3 percent more milk when they were played slow music, like Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral Symphony as opposed to more upbeat tunes.

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woX7W TIL China has the most skyscrapers in the world. It has so many in fact that the next 13 countries combined still have less skyscrapers than China.
g1lD TIL that the word “orient” comes from the Latin word “oriens”, meaning East because in the Middle Ages many maps were drawn with East at the top. So to “orient” them you had to turn them so that East was facing up.
ANxO4 TIL about Bernt Balchen, a Norwegian-American aviation pioneer, Arctic explorer, and decorated war hero. He was the first person to pilot an airplane over the South Pole in 1929 and played a crucial role in advancing polar aviation. During WWII, Balchen led covert missions for the Allies.
WkeNL TIL there are 7 days in a week thanks to the Babylonians, who lived in modern-day Iraq. As keen observers of the heavens, the Babylonians adopted 7 days because they observed 7 celestial bodies — the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
ZeKR TIL “ArnoldC” is an imperative programming language where the basic keywords are replaced with quotes from different Arnold Schwarzenegger movies (Hello World code in comments).