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TIL that the Main Theme to Terminator was basically freehanded and ended up in an absurd 13/16 time signature.

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PYLOG TIL of the 1800s ‘Berners Street Hoax’, where a prankster managed to get countless people, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, to show up at 54 Berners Street all on the same day. Police had to be called to try and corral the hundreds of tradesmen and visitors as the street descended into chaos.
4X8JN TIL of Devin Gaines, who earned 5 bachelor degrees at the same time from the University of Connecticut in 2007, completing 276 credits, only to drown later that year as he had never learned how to swim.
gMveW TIL the Apollo astronauts left behind 96 bags of urine, feces and vomit on the moon. The bags were left behind to make room for lunar dust and rocks the astronauts brought home to Earth.
a8Bdo TIL that filmmakers and prop creators don't actually do their research
d8y07 TIL Sperm whales are the loudest animals on earth. At 236 decibels, their click sounds can literally vibrate a human body to death. But when research divers approach them, the whales welcome them into their pod; while modulating their clicks so the divers aren't hurt.