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TIL of chromesthesia, a type of synesthesia in which individuals perceive colour in addition to normal auditory sensations. Associations are idiosyncratic but consistent over time, studies found. Bernstein and Liszt are associated with the condition; the latter asking his orchestra to play 'bluer'.

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kJx01 TIL That Tom Green had a rap group in the early 90's
8aoeV TIL of xenobots; Synthetic lifeforms designed by AI which are part robot, part organism, the size of a grain of sand and capable of performing tasks such as pushing payloads, cleaning debris, working together in swarms and even reproduce new xenobots
AD7gw TIL that people stationed in Antarctica have so much sex that one year the managers had to distribute 16,500 condoms for the ~125 people spending the winter there
w0GE TIL on 1st April,2008 Youtube rickrolled its viewers by redirecting every featured front page video to the original song video, ‘Never gonna give you up’
l7nnG TIL that horse hair was sometimes used as a suture in the American Civil War. Unbeknownst to the doctors at the time, boiling the hair to make it more pliable also sterilized it.