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TIL Humans perceive and sense our environment logarithmically, including sound and light

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418N TIL : THAT THE FBI Had 12-Page File On George Carlin Because He Made Jokes About Government
4yb6 TIL that the Cult Awareness Network (CAN), once the largest anti-cult support hotline, is now owned by the church of scientology.
QNML6 TIL that in 1992, on a background of high inflation and poor productivity, the British Pound collapsed, costing the UK Government 3.4B Pounds and forcing withdrawal from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.
eG6n TIL Black US servicemen on duty in Australia during WWII were treated so poorly by their white superiors that they rioted and are said to have used 30,000 rounds of machine gun ammo firing at the tents of their white superiors.
W7bA TIL that the New Zealand All Blacks are the most winning team in any sport anywhere in the world.