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TIL that 'The Most Dangerous Animal in the World' was a 1963 exhibit at the Bronx Zoo. It featured a mirror and text describing the dangers humans pose to life on earth.

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x689D TIL In Western music, microtones are notes that deviate from the standard 12-note scale. These are the notes that can sound "flat" or "sharp" compared to the notes in the 12-note scale, like the "out-of-tune piano" part in the Beatles’ “Rocky Raccoon.”
BPmb TIL that during the Civil War, the Union ignited 8,000 lbs of gunpowder, destroying a mine under the Confederate encampment, then proceeded to charge into the crater from the explosion, got stuck in said crater, and were brutally massacred due to Confederate high ground.
AGkn TIL 41% of transgender people attempt suicide
ADWpo TIL that we only know of Socrates second hand from his contemporaries like Plato and Xenophon, no original writings exist.
dDKmE TIL During the 20th century TV series that reached 100 episodes were generally preferred for syndication, since that meant stations could run 20 weeks of programming without repeating a story. In recent years that number has fallen to 88 episodes.