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TIL that stethoscope was invented because the inventor felt uncomfortable placing his ear directly onto a woman's chest

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WDw9 TIL that when German engineers were developing the MP3 file format, they used Suzanne Vega’s a capella song “Tom’s Diner” to test their creation, checking for loss of fidelity. She is now unofficially known as the “Mother of The MP3”
lYPG TIL that the entire GoldenEye 007 game on N64 is only 12 MB.
VMA0Z TIL that in 2006, 75% of Chinese didn't know that sharks were killed to make shark fin soup. But now, 91% of Chinese support a nationwide ban, thanks to activism work by Yao Ming and others
ADlbw TIL that a medically sound symptom for having a mismatched blood transfusion is an immediate sense of impending doom.
R5MP7 TIL Texans Eat Pickles at the Movie Theater, and Many Are Surprised To Learn No One Else Does