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TIL a woman named Susan Bennett spent four hours a day, every day, in July 2005, recording nonsensical phrases and sentences without knowing why. She didn't know until 2011, after a friend who had purchased the newly released iPhone 4s emailed her, that she was the voice of Apple's Siri assistant.

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l7GP7 TIL that the phenomenon of struggling to fall asleep in a new bed is called the 'dolphin effect' or 'dolphin mode.' Dolphins can fully rest while keeping part of their brain awake, and something similar happens to us when we can't sleep in unfamiliar surroundings.
Kd59 TIL Neil Young said “Piracy is the new radio. That’s how music gets around”
j6ZPN TIL about the unmade movie ATUK which has been in development since the 80s. The film is often considered cursed because on 6 different occasions the actor offered the lead role died unexpectedly. These include John Belushi, John Candy and even Chris Farley
X0alk TIL that a school principal once made a student who'd gotten into trouble sit in the basement & read the U.S. Constitution as punishment. That student (who committed the Constitution to memory as a result) was Thurgood Marshall, who went on to become the first Black Supreme Court justice
QNXM TIL that the recipe for Greek fire, an ancient incendiary weapon that would burn on water, has not been determined to this day.