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TIL that a small portion of the population can voluntarily control their tensor tympani muscle, causing a low rumble in the ear.

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GYbBj Today I learned that the circus company from The Greatest Showman shut down the same year the movie released.
b6Vw9 TIL the St. Valentine's Day Massacre weapons were found only after Fred Burke hit a car and killed a responding officer in Michigan. A raid on his home uncovered the guns, which were identified using forensic ballistics—one of the first times this science was used to help solve a crime in the U.S.
R7P48 TIL That Makoto Iwamatsu (Mako), voice actor for Iroh in Avatar the Last Airbender, was born in Kobe Japan, lived through the bombings of WWII, then later moved to the United States and joined the US Military at the age of 17.
w6X1 TIL only 4 Alabama counties require a law degree to become a Probate Judge
b9x5p TIL in Victorian times, the cheapest form of accommodation available was a “penny hang”. You could literally pay a penny to sleep over a ROPE. This was commonly used by drunk sailors who had spent all of their money and is the origin of the term “hangover“.