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TIL that, in movies, staccato music is used to indicate comedy because it imitates human laughter

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p8eve TIL of Charles Vance Millar, a Toronto lawyer who died in 1926 with no relatives. In his will, he left all his remaining assets (equivalent to $9 million CAD) to the woman who had the most babies within 10 years of his death, creating a "baby race" where woman competed to have the most babies.
ANQvo TIL that ex Confederate General Joseph E Johnston died after serving as a pallbearer at the funeral of his former opponent General Sherman in 1891. Despite rain and cold, Johnston refused to wear a hat, out of respect for Sherman.
o1OR TIL that two rival churches in Greece celebrate Easter by firing over 100,000 rockets at each other
Oojy4 TIL that Compassion Fatigue is similar to PTSD, & Secondary Traumatic Stress
o8bL TIL white people have their own history of slavery by the Ottoman empire up until the 19th century.