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TIL the ‘airline captain accent’ is actually a subconscious imitation of famous pilot Chuck Yeager passed from generation to generation.

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x6ak0 TIL about the Pact of Forgetting: a deal made between both the left and right wing of Spanish politics after the death of Fransisco Franco. It stated that neither side should directly confront the legacy of Francoist rule, in order to allow the country to move on during the transition to democracy.
QNyNX TIL that Scots is not just a dialect of English, but a proper language with its own spelling. For example, “efter aw I’v duin for ye” is Scots for “after all I’ve done for you.”
aplJ TIL that civilian GPS in the 90’s was purposely designed to be inaccurate, due to a feature called selective availability (SA). This changed in 2000 when President Bill Clinton decided to turn SA off and GPSs around the world instantly became 10 times more accurate.
VMLp4 TIL Stress for long periods of time is a major factor in deciding where fat is stored in the human body, regardless of gender. People who secrete higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol accumulate more belly fat than others.
Y7WDx TIL that the Sperm Whale is the loudest animal on earth, making sounds up to 230 decibels. This is louder than that of jet engines, which are about 150 decibels.