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TIL about the Dionne Quintuplets. The first set of quintuplets to survive past infancy who spent their lives on display and exploited because of this.

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e0715 TIL of infrasound - a low-frequency sound (19Hz and below) that cannot be heard, but literally unsettles human beings. Some horror movie music composers use this sound to make audiences feel dread just before disturbing or scary images appears on the screen.
E1XWX TIL Daniel Day-Lewis listened to Eminem's 'The Way I Am' every morning at 5AM to prepare for his role 'Gangs of New York' in 2002. He's also a big fan of Snoop Dogg.
wLRDY TIL The chief prosecutor for the United States in the Nuremberg Trials was Ben Ferencz, a 27 year old Jewish American lawyer who had never tried a case before. He investigated Nazi war crimes and went on to help establish the International Criminal Court. He's still alive today at 101.
7jEZ TIL that during the first four days of World War II pet-owners in London queued up at animal shelters to put down their dogs and cats. More than 400,000 animals died. There was no government order to do so; nor was there any economic need.
KdKG TIL in the 1960s the USAF brought cats into a weightless environment