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TIL of the Windsor Hum - a deep, rhythmic, droning sound emanating from the secretive US Steel property in Detroit called Zug Island which is causing migraines, nausea, and "revving" vibrations throughout the night.

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1aAy8 TIL of Caligula, an emperor of the Roman Empire. His short 4 year long reign consisted of him trying to make his horse a consul, calling himself a god, committing incest, and declaring war on the sea, having his men collect shells from the English Channel and return to Rome to celebrate victory.
yQ4WX TIL Tom Hanks, who played Mr. Rogers in “ A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood”, is Mr. Rogers’ sixth cousin.
NnJQ TIL that according to English law, the “Ancient Lights law” states that the owner of a building with windows that have received natural daylight for 20 years or more can forbid any construction or other obstruction that would deprive him/her of that illumination or “their portion of natural light”
E17ow TIL: about the strange case of Bella the unidentified woman found dead inside a hollow tree in WW2. No one has ever been charged with her murder and no one is sure who she was although rumours speculated that she was a spy, she was killed by witches and that she was a a missing prostitute.
Be5W TIL that on Christmas Eve in 2008, SpaceX and Tesla were literally hours from bankruptcy until Elon Musk was able to secure $20M from investors in those final hours. Two days later, SpaceX won a contract with NASA worth $1.6B.