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TIL that double reed wind instrument players were found to have lower rates of obstructive sleep apnea

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x6jK7 TIL that Hockey rinks used to only have one shared penalty box, and players would often continue to fight in the penalty box.
po4A TIL that Microsoft Encarta (original codename “Gandalf”) began as a pet project for Bill Gates around 1985 after being rejected by Encyclopaedia Britannica as a partner in making material available to PC users as a CD-ROM. Encarta’s eventual demise in 2009 was widely attributed to Wikipedia
Oo8P6 TIL the search and rescue dogs of 9/11 became depressed as fewer and fewer live bodies were being found. To help combat this, human rescue workers occasionally hid in the rubble to be found and reward the dogs.
loXoA TIL of Billy, an enslaved man from Virginia who was charged with treason during the American Revolution. He won his case by arguing that, as a slave, he was not a citizen and thus could not commit treason against a government to which he owed no allegiance.
ep5RJ TIL in Nigeria there is a village where men and women speak a different language.