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TIL the Theremin was invented by a Soviet scientist when he added a sonic element to his gas density analyzer. It is the only musical instrument that is played without touching it.

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eENL TIL that a man named William Morgan was rejected from the Freemasons in the 1800s. In retaliation he planned to publish a book revealing their secrets. He disappeared and was never seen or heard from again.
1a7jO TIL of the great escape attempt of Juan, an Andean spectacled bear in Berlin zoo. Juan paddled across a moat using a log as a raft, scaled a wall and then finally appeared to commandeer a bicycle before being shot with a tranquiliser gun.
nNP7 TIL no US President has been born and buried under the same American flag (every President has seen a new state added in their lifetime)
JLX4 TIL Bread become sweeter the longer you chew as your saliva starts to break down starch into sugars.
nWg6o TIL that France's second-largest airport, Nice Côte d'Azur, had to close a runway for 5 hours due to a snail invasion. Heavy rains drove hundreds of thousands of snails onto the tarmac, covering it in slime and forcing a massive cleanup operation.