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TIL The Longest Year In History Was 445 Days Long

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e0715 TIL of infrasound - a low-frequency sound (19Hz and below) that cannot be heard, but literally unsettles human beings. Some horror movie music composers use this sound to make audiences feel dread just before disturbing or scary images appears on the screen.
5Q4Q TIL Adam West, Clint Eastwood, and Burt Reynolds were all offered the role of James Bond, and all declined, believing James Bond should always be played by a Brit.
OoPx7 TIL Coachella started as a result of Pearl Jam boycotting Ticketmaster's fees.
mQpP TIL that a man survived the sinking of a ship in 1871, leaving him traumatized afterwards. Some forty years later he was finally able to overcome his fears and sail again… only to die on the Titanic.
R50Xj TIL about Wilhelm Canaris the head of the Abwehr, Hitler’s intelligence service, who actively opposed Hitler. One act of resistance was he minimally trained Dutch Jews to be Abwehr “agents” and issued them papers to leave Germany.