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TIL McDonald's is experimenting with playing classical music over the restaurants' loudspeakers at night in hopes of stopping fights from breaking out

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QJZP6 TIL the timezone on the International Space Station is GMT+0
VB40m TIL bricklayer Thomas Millwood was shot and killed in 1804 by excise officer Francis Smith because he thought Millwood was the Hammersmith Ghost due to his white uniform. Smith was initially sentenced to death, but his sentence was later commuted to one year of hard labor.
NEre TIL You can have a spring loaded tube of poop mailed to someone.
l7D4r TIL solar storms can affect our circadian rhythms, nervous systems, heart rate, blood pressure, mental health, and cognitive function. There is also an increase in adverse pregnancy outcomes. Some people are more sensative than others. This is according to Harvard School of Public Health research.
PYxoe TIL Erik the Red was a Viking who was exiled from Norway for murder so he moved to Iceland but again was exiled for murder. So he took 500 men & women, founded Greenland, & declared himself chieftain.