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TIL there are people that can see sound

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oEOR TIL that Belgium is named after the Belgae people, which is translated to ‘The people who swell with anger,’ meaning Belgium means 'land where the people swell with anger’
79EZ TIL of Operation Nifty Package, a US mission in which American soldiers repeatedly blared rock music such as “I Fought the Law” and “Welcome to the Jungle” as a form of psychological warfare to force dictator Manuel Noriega to come out of his Vatican sanctuary. He surrendered after 10 days.
bpX4 TIL Dolly, the cloned sheep, was named Dolly because she was derived from a mammary gland cell and the researchers “couldn’t think of a more impressive pair of glands than Dolly Parton’s”.
9wN6m TIL that the species Lycosa aragogi is named after the spider Aragog from the Harry Potter book "The Chamber of Secrets"
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