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TIL of the Winsor Hum, a mysterious, low-pitched noise that has plagued residents of Windsor, ON since 2011. No one fully knows its origin.

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QNLB6 TIL, after the death of 27-year-old physicist Henry Moseley at Gallipoli (WWI, 1915), the British Government placed a ban on other scientists of repute serving in front-line roles. Ernest Rutherford believed that Moseley's work would have earned him the Nobel Prize.
ewb4 TIL: To conceal Genghis Khan’s burial place, his funeral escort killed anyone who crossed their path, Once the tomb was built, the slaves who constructed his tomb were massacred, & then the soldiers who slaughtered the slaves were also killed
KYJvJ TIL that Billy Idol's version of Dancing With Myself is a cover of his first band's version of the song. That band was called Generation X. The song flopped for them and did great for solo Billy. Yay MTV!
5YDWP TIL The lottery is against the law in Nevada because the gaming industry in the state does not want the competition.
LLvp TIL that human saliva contains a “painkiller” called opiorphin that is six times more powerful than morphine.