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TIL that AT&T was so regimented that there were over 9,000 Bell System Practices, including 3-page 770-130-301 "SWEEPING, GENERAL"

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4Xx5R TIL in 1917 when Shackleton found rescue from a doomed expedition he took to the Antarctic in August, 1914, he asked how the war turned out. The answer was "the war isn't over. Millions are dead. Europe is mad. The world is mad."
EgZEV TIL that Blind People Can process speech up to 3x times faster(25 syllables per second at Their Best!) in comparison to Normal Individuals. This is because their brain is able to repurpose their visual cortex to enhance their auditory sensing capabilities.
D7GV TIL there is a frog which lets itself completely freeze into a ‘frogsicle’ every Winter. Its heart stills, blood stops flowing, and eyes go white because its lenses freeze. In the Summer it thaws and hops away, good as new!
0wZM1 TIL wealthy Chinese criminals occasionally hire look-a-likes to serve their prison sentence
eLnk TIL Musket shot (bullets) were made by dropping molten lead from a tall tower, allowing it to cool into a sphere on its way down.