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TIL that there are birds called "boobies"

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lyVN 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.
JYpEV 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.
VBkwQ TIL that Coca-Cola funded the NAACP and Hispanic Federation in exchange for them opposing legislation to curb legislation that would limit sugar consulting
awg50 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.
b66K7 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.