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TIL the film Irreversible used a low frequency noise during the first 30 minutes that induces nausea and vertigo.

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Kx76 TIL it is estimated that 1,000 deaths occurred in the months following 9/11 because Americans chose to travel by car instead of by plane
b6XeE TIL the current and the first president of Barbados is a black woman (Sandra Mason) after Barbados ceased to be a constitutional monarchy and became a republic and the current prime minister of Barbados is also black woman (Mia Mottley)
p8pKO TIL that scientists came together in a unique study that observed exactly 1,893 dogs pooping among 37 different breeds of dog, and found that dogs have "magnetoreception". Apparently while they are calm, they poop facing north or south. Quite a few other mammals do this too.
e07pn TIL Half of the world's prison population of about nine million is held in the US, China or Russia.
JQj4 TIL Guillermo Del Toro lost his notebook in the back of a London cab which contained most of the ideas for pans labyrinth. Cab driver returns the book as him Del Toro discussed comic books and had told the driver what hotel he was staying in. He received a $900 reward for its return.