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TIL of Misophonia, a disorder which means sufferers have a hatred of sounds such as eating, chewing, loud breathing or even repeated pen-clicking.

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OjnX TIL Swedish programmer Ludvig Strigeus, the main developer of Spotify, was also the programmer that made µTorrent.
ZrYD TIL there are pizza farms where all the ingredients to make the pizza they sell is grown on the farm.
KYDZJ TIL about the “Little Joe Penetrometer:” A pistol crossbow prototype weapon designed by the OSS for covert operations in WW2.
97aM TIL April Fools day in French is “Poisson d'Avril” (literally fish of April) and children try to stick a crudely drawn fish on each others back in secrecy.
Y7mkr TIL Coco Chanel tried to screw over her Jewish cofounders, brothers Pierre & Paul during Nazi Occupation of France and tried to seize their stake. The brothers anticipated this & transferred their shares beforehand to a Christian friend, who later gave it back to them after the war.