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TIL Mercedes-Benz prepares your ears for noise from crash by playing pink noise just before crash

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jNvZE TIL the Harry Potter books sold roughly the same as the movies at $7.7 billion USD
b9KrN TIL when John Travolta called Idina Menzel "Adele Dazeem", Menzel was not upset about it. In response, she printed up satirical playbills that promoted her name as Adele Dazeem, noting her past work in Nert (Rent), Wicked-ly (Wicked) and Farfignugen (a play on the word Fahrvergnügen/Frozen).
X0wMr TIL Sony invented a process for CD mastering called "Super Bit Mapping" (SBM), which virtually allows a CD to have a bit depth of 20 bits per sample while still effectively using the PCM one of 16 bits.
QNyDE TIL that being upside-down for an extended period of time could kill you.
6krW TIL there is a statue of Nikola Tesla in Silicon Valley that radiates free wi-fi