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TIL that there’s a biological reason why we generally hate the sound of our own voice. We hear our own voices as higher-pitched, so we are surprised to hear a recording that sounds lower than what we’ve learned to expect.

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l4D7 TIL Julius Cesar was captured by pirates and laughed in their faces when the ransom wasn’t large enough. Then, while sending his men for the silver, he won them over by patronizing them and threatening to have them all killed, which he did.
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wNb8 TIL U.S. Medal of Honor recipient Pililaʻau was found surrounded by 40 dead Korean soldiers and him holding a trench knife.
6NxZ TIL DirectX’s original name was ‘The Manhattan Project’ because it was Microsoft’s initiative to destroy Japanese dominance of the gaming industry.