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TIL some people can “flex” muscles in their inner ears to produce a low rumbling sound

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E0P0 TIL During the Mongols sack of Baghdad they destroyed the fabled House of Wisdom and threw so many books into the Tigris that it ran black from the ink
woZJo TIL the USA federal witness protection program has a 100% success rate for those who follow their guidelines
QNyNX TIL that Scots is not just a dialect of English, but a proper language with its own spelling. For example, “efter aw I’v duin for ye” is Scots for “after all I’ve done for you.”
wNQJ TIL an Austrian woman’s firestove exploded when she used a piece of wood that grew around a WWII grenade that was stuck in it
ABlB TIL in the coconuts used as “horses” in Monty Python and the Holy Grail didn’t start out as a joke - they decided to use them because the film didn’t have the budget for actual horses.