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TIL that the rumbling sound you hear when closing your eyes tightly is caused the tensor tympani muscle contracting.

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nyZb TIL that Henry Ford was the first industrial giant to give his workers both Saturday and Sunday off, in hope that it would encourage more leisure use of automobiles - and thus popularising the idea of the “weekend”.
0ddlj TIL walruses are capable of eating birds and seals by using their powerful sucking mouthparts to strip the meat off their prey
Eo57 TIL Michael Diamond of the Beastie Boys interviewed “Weird Al” in 1996 and had Spike Jonze (in a neck brace) repeatedly interrupt the interview posing as a crazed fan, and arranged for Yoko Ono to walk by just as Al was talking about being denied permission to parody Beatles songs.
rVP4 TIL Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was, coincidentally, Moon.
gMxDL TIL Einstein was candid to his wife Elsa about his extramarital affairs. In a letter to his wife, Einstein said women were chasing him, showering him with unwanted attention