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TIL each time you recall a memory, it becomes distorted and less accurate.

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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.
JLMv TIL an astronaut’s diet is managed to minimize flatulence.
6EPVw TIL That Bob Hawke is the only Australian prime minister with a world record and his world record is for drinking 2.5 pints of beer in under 11 seconds.
MYZV TIL in ‘92, a doctor was accused of raping a woman while she was sedated in his office. He was cleared after DNA tests did not match. It was later discovered that he foiled the DNA test by implanting a tube of another man’s blood under his skin.
QJDrd TIL that Tyrannosaurus rex's tiny arms were actually extremely strong and are speculated to have been used to grasp struggling prey while it was killed by the tyrannosaur's enormous jaws, assist the tyrannosaur when rising from a prone position and grasp a mate during copulation.