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TIL The first published story of an abduction by extraterrestrials dates back to Stockton, California in 1896. A man claimed he and a friend encountered an attempted kidnapping by three tall, thin beings, 7 feet tall and nude, with small delicate hands and hairless except for a soft downy fur

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rN5Oe TIL the music behind the anti-piracy warning (you wouldn't steal a car etc) was stolen from the person who wrote it, Melchior Rietveldt, who sued for royalties owed
Z87a4 TIL that abracadabra is actually a Hebrew (or Aramaic) phrase meaning “I create what I speak”
awEpN TIL that an $80M inheritance left to a dog (Gunther III) has grown to over $400M and left to his son Gunther IV
4OEo TIL that scientists were monitoring whale stress levels by analyzing their poop and found that their stress plummeted immediately following the 9/11 attacks. Turns out this was due to all ship traffic being halted which quieted the oceans of low frequency noise which whales use to communicate
1aZ6X TIL that if you blow gently into a baby's face, she takes a big gulp of air and holds her breath for a second. This is called the bradycardic reflex and is useful for swimming lessons, washing babies face in the tub, and a brief quick crying interruption.