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TIL a man named Christopher Thomas Knight ran out of gas in rural Maine in 1986, entered the woods, and lived there for 27 years without human contact.

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yQ7XM TIL that scientists placed speakers on dead patches of coral in the Great Barrier Reef and replicated the sounds of healthy coral reef. They discovered that twice as many fish arrived and stayed compared to equivalent patches where no sound was played.
5Vrln TIL scientists found that playing music at cheese while it ferments drastically changes its flavor profile as bacteria react to music: "the cheese that was played hip-hop had 'a discernibly stronger smell and stronger, fruitier taste'"
LQ4V TIL Billionaire Libertarian Mark Cuban Pays More Than he is Required in Taxes Because, “It’s the most Patriotic thing you can do.”
P1K5G TIL gross tonnage is not the weight of a ship, instead it is calculated from the ship's internal volume using a logarithmic function
Nb6P TIL it’s only called an acronym when you pronounce the abbreviation as a real word (ex. NASA). Otherwise it is known as an initialism (ex. FBI).