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TIL that TVs used to end broadcasting and go static at midnight

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XbD6 TIL Time doesn’t actually (even perceivably) appear to slow down during life threatening situations - the brain simply makes more dense and detailed memories of the event which makes it seem in retrospect to have lasted longer.
rg54 TIL that photographer Michal Huniewicz overrode his camera’s firmware to hide & not delete photos while he was in North Korea. He did this because guards & officials would take his camera from time to time & delete photos. This override allowed him to bring back these rare pictures of North Korea.
nW48r TIL that people who work with birds or own many birds can get a disease called “Bird Fancier's Lung”. It is triggered by exposure to avian proteins present in the dry dust of droppings or feathers of a variety of birds.
0dRej TIL That riveted ships and boilers were made to be water-tight by caulking which, in this case, refers to the process of hammering the face of one steel plate so the deformation will fill the gaps, resulting in a tight seal.
Oorka TIL that Polaris, the famous north star at the tail end of the little dipper constellation, is actually 3 stars very close together that look like a single star