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TIL that there are birds called "boobies"
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TIL in the 1990s, a story aired by the Trinity Broadcasting Network claimed the Russians had drilled to a depth of 14 km, penetrating Hell, and the screams of the tormented were recorded with a microphone. It was among the first Internet urban legends.
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TIL that Misophonia is a disorder that triggers irrational responses to oral sounds (eat, chew, breathe etc.) like anxiety, anger or the need to flee.
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TIL that Coca-Cola funded the NAACP and Hispanic Federation in exchange for them opposing legislation to curb legislation that would limit sugar consulting
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TIL a woman was killed in her car in Brooklyn when a bullet ricocheted off of the ocean nearby and hit her through her open car window. The perpetrator was a man who’d been practicing shooting at a floating beer can on his boat in the middle of the bay.
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TIL the only time the guillotine was used in North America was in 1889 in the French territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, just off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.