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TIL of the Shepard Tone, a musical technique that creates the auditory illusion of a tone that continually ascends or descends in pitch, yet which ultimately seems to get no higher or lower.

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ADkrg TIL, villagers working in jungle wear face mask behind their heads to save themselves from the Bengal Tigers. Tigers have been seen following people wearing the mask, but they have not attacked. By the contrast 29 people who were not wearing mask were killed in the span of 18months.
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