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TIL that research has found that everyone is able to sing well - it is a learned skill that gets better with practice and worse with disuse.

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1aNVD TIL a 59 yr.old woman's smartwatch correctly recognized a tachycardia, alerting her to seek help. She was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation and treated, reducing her chances of suffering a severe stroke. In 2017 the FDA approved the use of this technology to be used for medical purposes.
jNA0R TIL tennis player Arthur Ashe was offered “Honorary White” status in South Africa during apartheid but he refused and explicitly demanded to be booked as a black man when he visited and played in South Africa.
kJJam TIL that the first computer was a loom
V9lQ TIL 93% of dog owners in the U.S. say their dog has made them a better person in at least one way, a study found.
N7o7J TIL in 1963, a group of Catholic schoolchildren visiting the JFK eternal flame sprinkled it with holy water, accidentally extinguishing it