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TIL the US got rid of seasonal clock changes in the 70s and everyone hated it and quickly went back to the clock changes.

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bPM0 TIL in an interview Dave Grohl was asked “If you could spare one object from your house if it was on fire, what would it be?” Dave replied with “A letter Kurt Cobain gave me in ‘92 that said ‘I love you like a brother.”
Y70gr TIL of Anna Anderson, an impostor who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia. Despite a private investigation proving she was a Polish factory worker with a history of mental illness, Anna managed to garner support due to disinformation spread by the Bolsheviks about Anastasia's execution.
ep0r5 TIL about the Shepard Tone. An audio illusion that creates the feeling of consistent, never-ending rising/falling. The illusion is achieved by playing overlapping notes that are one octave apart. In this way, the sensation of rising or descending notes never ends.
b9KGa TIL Humans will walk in circles when lost unless there is some sort of external reference point.
arXL TIL in 1937, a natural gas leak at the local school in New London, Texas caused a massive explosion that killed more than 295 students and teachers, the deadliest school disaster in US history. Adolf Hitler even sent his condolences via telegram.