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TIL that it is possible to measure heart rate using a weighing scale, by picking up the force of blood moving around the body.

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R7W5l TIL that the oldest song in the world was written 3,400 years ago, based on a ‘sheet’ of music which was discovered in the ancient Syrian city of Ugarit.
8W8Z TIL the fake cigarette brand, ‘Morley’, has been featured in hundreds of movies and TV shows, including Seinfeld, Friends, and Frasier
j6eRa TIL The precursor to 'the rack' torture device was the Hippocratic bench, a medical device used to straighten the spine/set bones.
6EmyQ TIL Roman Emperor Philippus Arabus seemed unusually sympathetic towards monotheists, lacking the persecution of 3rd century counterparts. Eusebius, Jerome, and others even believed that he converted. A popular anecdote alleged Philip was denied entry to church on Easter until he confessed his sins
oB5Yo TIL Heteropaternal Superfecundation is referred to as a form of twinning where genetically the twins are half siblings or they have different fathers. In 2013, a New Jersey woman found out her twin daughters have different Daddy thru DNA test when she sought for child support on her partner.