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TIL Korea crowd-sourced down payment to the IMF using private gold in the late 90s

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LkD0d TIL the Deep Note, also known as the "THX Note", was designed and synthesized in 1983 by James A. Moorer after 2 years of development using a 19" rack full of digital hardware. It is perceived as much louder than it is due to the large number of overlapping voices - the original version has 30.
neOwY TIL that whales have inverted nipples and produce milk so fatty it has the same texture as toothpaste.
LkaZP TIL homophily describes the tendency of people to associate with those who look like them and have similar backgrounds. It is also related to assortative mating, the pattern of people (and other species) mating with those who look like them.
b88N TIL Spiderman (2002) was the 5th highest grossing film of all time, and over the course of the past 12 years has since fallen to 49th
8aAPa TIL that John Mulaney’s substance abuse was once so bad, his college therapist refused to end a session until he called an outpatient rehab program to get help.