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TIL that Robert Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken isn’t a celebration of choice and individuality - It’s actually the opposite. He wrote it sarcastically to make fun of an indecisive friend, and the poem actually asserts that the choice between the “two paths” doesn’t really make a difference at all.

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9GgX TIL that planets “emit sounds” by pulsing with radio waves, which can be picked up by radio antennae. The Earth’s noise is sometimes referred to as Earth’s “chorus” because it sounds a bit like birds chirping.
odgr TIL that if one attempted suicide (by hanging, for instance) in 19th century Britain and failed to die, he/she would be charged with attempted murder…which could be punished with death by hanging
9YlwB TIL that a week after the Kent State massacre in 1970, a Gallup poll revealed nearly 60 percent placed total blame on the students, while only 10 percent blamed the guardsmen.
nWlWY TIL about the Comanche horse culture. They called them “God Dogs”. They became currency, transportation, means of warfare, food and more. They were so revered that when having intercouse with their wives, warriors would whinny like stallions.
x6No0 TIL of a Native American in the Amazon Rainforest who, as the last surviving member of his uncontacted tribe, lived in total and deliberate isolation for about 20 years. He left behind a deep hole of unknown purpose in each of his former homes, giving rise to his nickname: "Man of the Hole"