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TIL "hauntings" are the side effect of certain sound waves and high electromagnetic fields

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WyJd TIL: Not all humans have the same number of muscles (pyramidalis is absent from 20% of us)
R75Ka TIL not to underestimate a 5 year old girl playing against boys.
loKdA TIL the crew of 'Return of the Jedi' mocked the character design of Admiral Ackbar, deeming it too ugly. Director Richard Marquand refused to alter it, saying, "I think it's good to tell kids that good people aren't necessarily good looking people and that bad people aren't necessarily ugly people."
Lkwep TIL that the Milgram Experiment, in which participants believed they were shocking people, was flawed. Many suspected that the shocks were fake. Subjects who thought they were truly shocking others were much more likely to defy the experimenter and refuse to proceed.
6EpGl TIL that the crown of Romania is made from steel taken from a cannon captured during their war of independence from the Ottomans