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

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6EXVQ TIL of Roland the Farter, court jester of Henry II. He was given a manor in exchange for having to perform 'One Jump, One Whistle, and One Fart' at each Christmas.
ANxPg Today I learned that the original version of "The Three Bears" didn't have a girl named Goldilocks visiting a family of bears, but rather an unnamed old woman visiting three adult male bears who happened to be different sizes.
8ee1V TIL Otis Redding never heard the completed version of his only No. 1 hit, “Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay.”
BrgYK TIL Eaths magnetic poles flip on average every 200,000 - 300,000 years. Last time it flipped? 780,000 years ago.
kOGoE TIL Hans Jørgen Olsen, a 12-year-old Norwegian boy, saved himself and his sister from a moose attack using skills he picked up playing the online role playing game World of Warcraft.