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TIL about ‘The Sarco’ a suicide machine that provides a painless death "Within a minute the user loses consciousness, death comes a short time later."

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wL4b8 TIL the phenomenon of wind throb from an open car window is called Helmholtz resonance, and is the same thing occurring when you blow across an open bottle to produce a tone.
Zxxp TIL in 1977 five TV stations in the UK had their audio simultaneously hijacked for over 6 minutes by someone claiming to be an Alien and warning Earth.
BBED TIL in 1961 a little girl wrote to President Kennedy concerned about the safety of Santa Claus amid Soviet nuclear testing at the North Pole. Kennedy wrote back that he had spoken to Santa and that he was fine.
LQm6P TIL Timothee Chalamet (29) is the oldest member of Gen Z this makes him the same Generation as his Wonka costar Calah Lane (15)
OomQ4 TIL: Public swimming pools do not add a urine-detection chemical to the water. No chemical exists that will change the water color around the offending swimmer. This is a widespread myth