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TIL A 240 decibel soundwave is enough to make your head resonate so much that it explodes

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GY9OQ TIL of Chiune Sugihara, who was a Japanese diplomat who saved 6,000 Jews during WWII by issuing them transit visas, risking his own career and life to save others.
BE6y TIL one of the key determinants as to whether a UK submarine launches a nuclear missile is if BBC Radio 4 is off air for four hours
b9O1N TIL in the 1970s, the Soviet bugged IBM typewriters used by the US in Moscow and Leningrad using sophisticated keyloggers. A total of 16 devices were used and despite the large size of the bugs, they remained undiscovered for 8 years.
JGpQ TIL that while the real “Santa Claus” may have been from Turkey, Father Christmas is actually a version of Odin, and the eight reindeer pulling the sleigh represent the eight legs of Sleipnir, Odin’s horse.
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