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TIL The majority of creepy metallic noises in sci-fi or horror movies are made by an instrument called a Waterphone.

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j6y4v Today I learned the holes in Swiss cheese come from a specific bacteria called Propionibacterium freudenrichii subspecies shermanii, which converts milk into carbon dioxide at the warm temperature of 70°F; when the cheese cools, the air bubbles are left behind
X0kRQ TIL about the Decebalus Treasure found by a Roman army in 106 AD during the Second Dacian War. Decebalus, the last king of the Dacians, diverted the Sargetia River (in modern-day Romania) to bury all his wealth. Someone betrayed him, and the Romans found 330,000 lb of gold and 650,000 lb of silver.
GpYJ TIL Both Stalin and Hitler were Nominated for Nobel Peace Prizes
R7m07 TIL Guillotine earrings were popular among the rich during France’s reign of terror
D1Xdr TIL of the John Frum movement; a cargo cult on the island of Tanna, Vanuatu. Said to have originated in the 1930s following a vision of a Western figure promising prosperity, it gained traction in the early 1940s when 300,000 US troops were stationed in the area. This meant huge amounts of supplies.