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TIL Termites eat through wood two times faster when listening to rock music

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PYWlE TIL the saying “once in a blue moon” refers to a real measurement of time.
dJxr TIL that since the first atomic bomb was exploded in 1945, over 2000 nuclear weapons have been detonated by 8 different nations in 60 different locations worldwide.
ZBoY TIL that Slash has had a defibrillator implanted since age 35. Years of drug and alcohol abuse had given him congestive heart failure, and he was given as little as 6 days to live in 2001.
l7p1B TIL Shortly after the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Two Southern Senators (Yarborough D-TX and Thurmond D-SC) wrestled each other outside the hearing room of the Commerce Committee of the U.S. Congress.
1bBV TIL that before 1600, a game of chess could be won by capturing all of the opponent’s pieces, leaving a bare king; a style of play known as “annihilation”. In Medieval times, players considered it nobler to win by checkmate, so annihilation became a half win for a while, until it was abandoned.