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TIL some people can voluntarily equalize the pressure in their ears by ‘flexing’ open their eustachian tube.

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grWrA TIL that a guerrilla garden established atop an abandoned railroad in Long Island City became legally recognized by the MTA.
PWpw TIL of three Duke lacrosse players being falsely accused of rape in 2006. Since then, the lead prosecutor has been disbarred, the accuser is in prison for second-degree murder, and the police supervisor commited suicide.
gYNA TIL: 65-85% of white cats with two blue eyes go deaf.
JYdgk TIL of Operation Snow White: a Scientology project of infiltration & theft from 136 government agencies, foreign embassies, and consulates in more than 30 countries. The largest infiltration of the US government in history, with up to 5,000 covert agents.
ADGeg TIL many islands are connected to the internet by just one undersea cable. Most of these cables aren't buried, they just lay on the bottom of the ocean. In 2019, the entire Island of Tonga had no internet for 13 days due to their cable accidentally getting cut by an oil tanker.