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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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kd4e TIL A group of jackalopes is called a flaggerdoot.
xDJD TIL Disney has the planning permission to build a nuclear power plant (and many other powers)
X8Dr TIL Eric Carle, the American-born illustrator and writer of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, moved to Germany as a kid in the 1930s, and was conscripted to dig trenches for the German army when he was 15 years old. Now 87 years old, he is one of the youngest surviving WWII veterans.
EdKX TIL After the Bay of Pigs invasion, John F. Kennedy’s approval ratings soared to 84%. He said, “My God, it’s as bad as Eisenhower. The worse I do the more popular I get.”
R7MJ8 TIL of Gino Bartali, a cyclist who used his fame as a winner of the Tour de France to smuggle counterfeit documents hidden inside his bicycle through Nazi checkpoints in WWII Italy under the guise of training. These documents allowed as many as 800 Jews to escape persecution by the Nazis.