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TIL about 'The Hum' - a mysterious low-frequency sound heard around the world that only affects small amount of people in certain locations. Despite scientific investigations, its true source remains unknown.

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grODL TIL that many Union veterans of the US Civil War worked in the marketing campaign for the memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, canvassing to sell subscriptions to the book that the dying and destitute general wrote to provide an income to his family. Grant's memoirs became a bestseller of the 19th Century.
wLQeY TIL North Korea lured women from around the world for a "job in Japan" - only to marry them off to American defectors in North Korea. After one was released, she returned back to North Korea because she was shamed for being pregnant back home
M7DX7 TIL in Mexico, alcohol sales are banned on election days, and sometimes several days before.
WkEL4 TIL about Basil Zaharoff, He sold the Greek government a submarine, then told the Turkish government that the Greeks had a submarine, Turkey then bought 2 submarines. He then told the same to the Russian government who later bought 2 submarines as well. None of the submarines worked.
xOjB TIL that the film version of “Fahrenheit 451” has spoken opening credits in keeping with the film’s story of a world without reading matter.