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TIL 1/3 of Harvard students are legacies.
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TIL alligators’ voices change when they inhale helium, just like humans, implying reptiles have similar vocal mechanisms to human beings
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TIL that members of the Greek “manges” or “tough guy” subculture were often accomplished musicians. In order to play their sorrowful “rebetiko” music in prison, manges created the baglamas, a mini plucked instrument, which was easily assembled behind bars.
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TIL that actor Chris Pratt used to live on a beach in Hawaii where he “camped, smoked a bunch of weed, and drank and worked just enough to cover gas and food and fishing supplies.”
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TIL that a survey of 573 Dog Owners in the Southeast US showed that given the choice between saving a person or their dog in a life threatening situation, 40% would choose the dog over a foreign tourist, 35% over a local stranger, 24% over distant cousins, and 3% over siblings and grandparents.
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TIL a man born premature with cerebral palsy, was unable to swallow on his own until the age of 1, is blind, was unable to speak or walk until the age of 16, began playing Tchaikovsky's Concerto No.1 on piano in the middle of the night at age 16. He now can play any song after hearing it only once.