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TIL: Heraclitus, a pre-Socratic philosopher, deposited his book in the Artemisium which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

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5VaLP TIL that when Farscape aired in 1999 it was one of the most expensive TV shows ever made outside the US. It was filmed entirely in Australia and featured puppetry from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.
M6KW TIL Alfred Hitchcock wrote a story for Look magazine in 1943 called “The Murder of Monty Woolley”. It was a sequence of captioned photographs inviting the reader to inspect the photos for clues to the murderer’s identity.
NXM9J TIL about Exploding Head Syndrome: a rare condition causing sufferers to hear loud noises that don't exist. It's not painful, but it can be alarming and disruptive to sleep. Many people have mistaken the symptoms of Exploding Head Syndrome for paranormal experiences like ghosts or alien abductions.
nenQo TIL A review of decades of research shows children of same-sex couples are doing just as well as kids of heterosexual couples across a number of wellbeing measures, including academic performance, cognitive development, social development, and psychological health.
xwD7 TIL each agency of the US government has put a price on a human life. As of 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency set the value of a human life at $9.1 million. Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration put it at $7.9 million — and the Department of Transportation figure was around $6 million.