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TIL that in 1958 Howard Ulrich and his son sailed over a 1,720-foot wave caused by the largest tsunami ever recorded

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Bg8ly TIL a hearing test for human babies was developed based on a study on how owls hear. The pupils in both owls and humans dilate when a new sound is heard
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