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TIL The 13th day of the month is very slightly more likely to be a Friday than any other day of the week

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VB7VZ TIL In 2010, Greg Fleniken was found dead inside his locked Texas hotel room. He had no obvious external injuries but massive internal damage. His death was ruled a homicide. After an 8-month investigation, it was found that a drunk guest in the next room accidentally shot Fleniken in the scrotum.
BOrx TIL the song “Schism” by Tool has 47 changes in time signature throughout its runtime.
e0D7J TIL 38 elders helped a linguist compile a dictionary of the Klallam language and one contributed 12,000 words to the dictionary over the years. When it was released, KIallam people from all over turned out for the dictionary signing ceremony and some cradled the book like a baby
P1KMw TIL of The Swing Youth were a youth counterculture of jazz and swing lovers in Germany formed in 1939. They admired the "American way of life", defining themselves in swing music and opposing Nazism. With a focus on African-American music they were particularly spiteful of the Hitler Youth.
nWWdd TIL that women’s tears contain pheromones that lower men’s testosterone levels.