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TIL nestled within the ubiquitous Law and Order “dun dun” sound effect, which combines roughly six to seven different sounds, is the sound of 500 Japanese men stomping their feet on a wooden floor

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vPaPB TIL of "Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome" where the body doesn't respond to testosterone so they have the genetic makeup of a man while showing the physical traits of a woman
16vmV TIL of all the Commanders and Leaders from the Chechen Republic during the 2nd Chechen War when it began 1999-2009. Only 1 is still alive today, Akhmed Zakayev.
b6p7E TIL that the term "rooster" for a male chicken was introduced in the 18th century specifically as a euphemism to avoid the sexual connotation of the the original term "cock."
Z8k6p TIL of the Asch conformity experiments, which demonstrated how social pressure can change even our perception of seemingly objective facts.
5Y78r TIL about the “Oh-My-God” particle, which, on the night of October 15, 1991, streaked across the Utah sky traveling at 99.99999999999999999999951% the speed of light with 320 exa-electron volts (EeV) of energy