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TIL there is a sound frequency that is said to induce a feeling of fear even when it is inaudible.

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Lk6aV TIL that Bob Bergen, the actor who presently voices Porky Pig, has immense job security due to how difficult it is to nail the pig’s speech mannerisms. He had to study Mel Blanc’s speech patterns intensely to get the character just right.
WkXxA TIL: One Third of all the Australian states are named after Queen Victoria. 2/6 Victoria & Queensland
W7pL TIL The outtakes reel of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm once cleared a man of murder
KOJYR TIL there's a legal strategy called the "Shaggy Defence", where in the face of direct evidence of guilt, the defendant simply claims that it wasn't them.
grMdA TIL about the Gibson Nine, an Australian aboriginal family who were still living a traditional nomadic lifestyle in the outback until 1984, when they settled in a town. The children have gone on to have successful careers as painters, although one of them later returned to the desert.