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TIL Over 900,000 earthquakes occur worldwide each year.

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yQXjM TIL Men process other men's voices with the part of the brain that processes simple sounds such as car engines and machinery, but they process female voices with the part of the brain that process music
vRaL TIL Mark Knopfler would not allow Weird Al to parody his song “Money for Nothing” unless he was the one to play guitar on the parody.
kJw9B TIL the midnight dust from Are You Afraid of the Dark? was played by Coffee Mate powdered coffee creamer
VM9PZ TIL An electric eel can also remotely control its prey's movements, with electrical impulses acting on the prey's motor neurons. It can make hidden prey twitch to reveal itself, and then freeze so that it doesn't escape.
rNmNe TIL that over 5,000 dead fish, crabs, and other sea creatures were embedded in the ice skating rink at Space World in Japan. Some were arranged to spell "HELLO". Visitors called it a waste of life, so a memorial service was held and the fish repurposed as fertilizer.