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TIL that when people hear a recorded phrase looped numerous times, they begin to hear it as a song

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OoxPR TIL 7 minutes workout, a more efficient yet still effective workout. It consists of 12 different exercises that work the upper body, lower body, and core. Each exercise for 30 seconds, about 15 to 20 repetitions, and rest for about 10 seconds between exercises.
8YZa TIL The guy that punched Snooki had to join the army after losing his job
K9bR TIL that the Dwarves in the Tolkien universe are supposed to represent Jewish people. Tolkien stated:“The Dwarves of course are quite obviously—wouldn’t you say that in many ways they remind you of the Jews? Their words are Semitic obviously, constructed to be Semitic.”
LkEQP TIL scoring on bread loaves was originally so families could find their loaves after baking in community ovens
j6dLj TIL Amos Lunt, the San Quentin hangman, claimed he was being tormented by the ghosts of those he executed. He eventually had to be committed to an asylum