› added 8 years ago

167

TIL Horror movie soundtracks sometimes include infrasound, which is sound below the range of human hearing. Even though we can’t hear it we can still feel it and it has been shown to induce anxiety, heart palpitations, and shivering.

Read more bbc.co.uk

via reddit.com

woJ56 TIL that hundred of television shows and movies are canon to a show called St. Elsewhere. It started as a criticism of rigor around comics lore and has since evolved into a fan project.
1ZJd TIL the blue whale is not only the largest animal on Earth, but the largest animal to have ever existed.
4Xaxo TIL that some people with anxiety may actively resist relaxation in favor of worrying, with a study suggesting that it's a way to avoid a large jump in anxiety if something bad really does happen.
DVNJ TIL A man who wanted to create a whites-only town in North Dakota was found to be of African descent
GAPy5 TIL Franconian Switzerland, one of Germany's oldest tourist regions in Upper Franconia in the state of Bavaria, owes its name to 19th century travellers. They gave the former "Muggendorfer Gebürg" its current name because the area reminded them of Switzerland with its mountains, valleys and rocks.