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

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rN4xM TIL that in the 4th century CE, Roman bishop Acacius of Amida sold the all church's treasures to free 7000 Persian prisoners captured by the Romans during war. The Persian emperor was so impressed by the act that he ordered an end to Christian persecution throughout his empire.
4X9w5 People like to imagine that they’re the pinnacle of evolution, but the animal kingdom suggests otherwise. The discovery that bumblebees use hair on their legs to detect a flower’s electromagnetic field offers another reminder that human senses don’t always measure up. You share the planet with creatures that can smell veins, see colors you can’t imagine, and communicate through their feet. Here are just a few animals with senses sharper than yours.
rDBy TIL that one of the principal designers of the B-2 Stealth bomber, a man who once deemed himself “father of the technology that protects the B-2 stealth bomber from heat-seeking missiles” is currently in supermax prison for selling classified information to China.
aJQo TIL that Wayne Gretzky was so well-respected in the NHL that some players would verbally warn him before checking him
9Gp6 TIL the Soviet Union lasted long enough to be given it’s own internet domain name, .su, which it received only 15 months before dissolving