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TIL That recordings of the Civil War Rebel Yell exist and it was a rhythmic, high pitched, scream

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YAWW TIL NASA has developed a technology called FINDER used to detect breathing or heartbeats through up to 30 feet of rubble, or 20 feet of solid concrete, and was used to save lives during the 2015 Napal earthquakes.
YQM7 TIL There’s a water reservoir in space that’s 100,000 times bigger than our sun with 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
VoLD Today I learned it’s against United States Federal law for government workers and law enforcement to deprive you of your rights, punishable by time in jail–even the death sentence. This is a law that is not enforced.
vMV8 TIL that during the Great Depression, people used small “coins” worth fractions of a cent to avoid paying too much extra sales tax on small purchases due to rounding.
xVadb TIL that Oliver North once gave the wrong bank account number, and accidentally transferred $10,000,000 to a Swiss business man. (1986)