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TIL humans cannot actually feel wetness; we only perceive it through temperature and pressure.

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ANDOB TIL Kayne sampled "Avril 14th" by Aphex Twin without permission and when Richard D James offered to re-record it for them, they replied ‘It's not yours, it's ours, and we're not even asking you any more.’
QrGX TIL American steel magnate Charles M Schwab died a pauper with over $300k in debt after blowing through a fortune that was worth $500-$800 million dollars today
epaPL TIL Black History Month is thought to be celebrated in February because Abraham Lincoln's birthday was Feb. 12 and Frederick Douglass celebrated his birthday on Feb. 14
ky04 TIL Stetson Kennedy infiltrated the KKK in the 1940s, exposing its secrets to authorities and the outside world. He coined the term “Frown Power” when he started a campaign with that name, which simply encouraged people to pointedly frown when they heard bigoted speech.
Oo4Q4 TIL the US Military is developing Bomb Sniffing Cyborg Locusts. Since 2016, Researchers at Washington University have attempted to implant locusts with cybernetic enhancements that allow them to be remotely piloted, use their antennae to detect explosives, and wirelessly relay that information back.