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TIL that New York City’s Flatiron building used to cause enough of downdraught to lift the skirts of women passing by, giving a “daring” view of their ankles and legs. The phenomenon was notorious and resulted in groups of young men regularly gathering on 23rd street to watch.

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e0Mvg TIL The minimum sound threshold a human ear drum can detect is 1x10^-12 watts/square meter. To put in perspective just how sensitive the human ear is we could scale up, so in order to detect a minimum of 1 newton (0.2 pounds) of force, an ear drum would be roughly the entire surface area of England.
VEEZ TIL that there’s such a thing as “The Outdoor Co-ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society”. NSFW (Boobies!)
ANk97 TIL there is a difference between shock and electrocution which is short for electric execution. An electrocution results in death. While people survive getting shocked, they may struggle for the rest of their lives with burn scars, seizures, chronic pain, severe headaches, nerve damage, paralyzed
nbkb TIL students who write notes longhand remember more and have a deeper understanding of the material than those take notes with a laptop
pVrO TIL that Santa Claus is real in the Marvel Universe and is a very powerful mutant.