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TIL of the "Zone of Silence" in central Mexico. Radio signals not working, compasses spinning out of control, and several meteor craters have all been observed there.

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OoMre TIL that serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells killed a boy whose own mother was found guilty of the murder. Authorities refused to believe it was the work of a serial killer until 2 years later at a retrial. The prosecutor, not wanting to be in the wrong, still claims that the mother did it.
YpxJG TIL of Christopher Thomas Knight, AKA the North Pond Hermit. He entered the woods of Maine at age 20 and lived without human contact for 27 years, committing roughly 40 robberies a year for supplies. The only time he spoke to another human was when he said "hi" to a passing hiker.
LdYQ TIL that the greatest single season in a city’s sports history was 1935-36, when Detroit’s MLB, NFL and NHL teams all won their first titles and Joe Louis became heavyweight champion
wLPLM TIL about the bradycardic response, a phenomenon where infants, when submerged in water, reflexively hold their breath as their heart rate slows and any water ingested is directed to the stomach. This reflex disappears around 6 months of age.
4X4ga TIL in the early 1900s, women used hatpins to fend off sexual harassers in the streets. These pins were so effective in fending off assaulters that legislation was proposed to curb these “accessories to assault.” Men would often come away with wounds that were “not serious, but very painful.”