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TIL the introduction of air conditioning on the NYSE trading floor led to a measurable drop in stock market volatility

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d81W8 TIL: The "Wheelbarrow Method" is one of the most successful methods of breaking up fighting dogs
b9WPE TIL Greek Folklore says kids born between Christmas and Epiphany (January 6) are considered doomed to become kallikantzaros, a kind of half-human, half-demon vampire - with talons that lives in the underworld and comes back to Earth to tear its family members to pieces during the Christmas holidays.
XEaoE TIL that last year in Denver there was a migration event for air mattresses. Resident Robb Manes was in his pool when two mattresses flew in. When he went outside there were 50 to 100 migrating across a field.
jN9pa TIL the eldest son of the Bee Gees' Barry Gibb has played guitar for heavy metal bands including Black Label Society and Crowbar
X0vPX TIL of Miracle Village, a small town in Florida that has a population of around 200 people and over half are registered sex offenders.