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TIL Leó Szilárd, physicist directly responsible for the creation of the Manhattan Project, wanted to have a test explosion that could be witnessed by Japanese observers for them to surrender while sparing lives

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J1yJk TIL many people hear voices and music in white noise. This is known as auditory pareidolia or “musical ear syndrome.”
GYxyJ TIL that jazz legend Charles Mingus once published a manual to toilet-train cats
nB99 TIL that on January 3, 2005 FOX made a reality show named “Who’s Your Daddy?”. It starts with an orphan that is introduced to eight men and tries to figure out which one really is her father. If she’s right, she wins the cash prize. If she’s wrong, the “dad” who’s conned her takes the money.
mxVNp Armed with thick, helmet-like plates on their foreheads and powerful legs that can run up to 30 miles per hour, cassowaries are often called “living dinosaurs.”
PY7pZ TIL that Leanach Cottage on Culloden Battlefield is the only remaining building from the battle in 1746