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TIL of the Shepard tone, an auditory illusion that gives the sensation of a continuously rising pitch. It helped create the overwhelming suspense in the film “Dunkirk”

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ADNMd TIL that in 1974, a German artist flew to NYC, was picked up with a stretcher and wrapped in felt and taken to an enclosed space where he spent 3 days living with a wild coyote. He was then taken back to his plane the same way, never setting foot on America.
n7Gb TIL Pablo Picasso would often make a sketch on his checks before signing them, knowing no one would cash them since they were now worth more than the face value of the check.
OG9g TIL that C.S Lewis, the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, became an atheist when he was 15, but was converted back to Christianity by JRR Tolkien, the author of Lord of The Rings
GA9e1 TIL: Lead shot for frontier settlers was made in a tower by dropping molten lead 150ft into water.
VbKB TIL FOX News fell for a “ruse alleging purchase of $1 billion of jetpacks for LAPD, Fire Department” from the Weekly World News satirical news tabloid in 2010.