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TIL that the Komusō were Japanese monks who symbolized their absence of ego by always wearing baskets on their heads.

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VBRaB TIL there’s a term for the feeling of the pressure you feel in your ears when driving fast and only have rear windows down: The Helmholtz Resonance.
pMve TIL that the longest known survivor of ALS is Stephen Hawkings
Xd06 TIL that a lesbian journalist went undercover as a straight white male for 18 months. She concluded that “Men are suffering. They have different problems than women have, but they don’t have it better… I like [being a woman] more now because I think it’s more of a privilege.”
lJYA TIL in 2004 a man in Florida was convicted of 1st degree murder for lending his car to a friend.
4kBm6 TIL A propaganda short film written by Frank Capra and Dr. Seuss, detailing American's responsibility to prevent the next generation of German youth from continuing Hitler's ideals, won an Oscar in 1945.