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TIL that Persian and Farsi are just different names for the same language

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KOBD9 TIL of "fruit walls". Used before greenhouses, fruit walls stored the heat from the sun and released it at night which created a microclimate that could increase the surrounding temperature by more than 10°C (18°F).
BJ8d TIL that Navy SEALs used to be waterboarded as a component of their training but the process was discontinued when no SEAL could handle it.
wQXW TIL Katy Perry’s parents wouldn’t let her eat Lucky Charms as a child, because the word “luck” was considered satanic.
QJE5L TIL the space shuttle was originally designed to collect Soviet satellites and return them to the USA for reverse engineering
XERb8 TIL Psychology researchers found that listening to heavy metal music is a healthy way of processing negative emotions. It does not make people more violent. Some research shows that metalheads are less likely to cheat on their partners than jazz listeners.