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TIL about The returning soldier effect. It is a phenomenon which suggests that more boys are born during and immediately after wars.

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Y7Vgr TIL the axe used by Jack Nicholson to chop through the door in The Shining was sold at auction in 2019 for $209,000. A crew member purchased it originally from the production company at the conclusion of filming with the intention of using it to chop wood.
E19Px TIL George Harrison was still only 26 years old when the Beatles broke up.
OLd6 TIL that the “service fee” on your phone bill is used by the FCC to provide communication to low income households, rural health clinics, and libraries.
WkXMN TIL a woman in the UK played the violin while having brain surgery to avoid having the doctors damage that part of the brain.
KgQ6 TIL that spammers will pay people in countries such as India & China pennies per hour to continuously solve CAPTCHA codes.