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Today I learned that Autotune was originally invented for use by geologists

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ne1wr TIL that if New York were split into its five component boroughs, four of them (Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx) would be among the ten most populous cities in the US.
Xl0X TIL Pikachu’s name comes from the onomatopoetic word “pikapika” which is the Japanese sound for electricity sparking, and “chuchu” which is the sound small mice make.
xVKxD TIL Pablo Picasso would carry around a gun loaded with blank bullets and he would shoot at fans who asked about his theory of aesthetics or the meaning of his works of art
78lVO TIL researchers last year analyzed two dozen studies on reading comprehension published between 2000-2022, which assessed nearly 470,000 participants, and found that print reading over a long period of time may boost comprehension skills by six to eight times more than digital reading does.
4Owg TIL that one bear - Bart, a 9'6’’ Kodiak - starred in dozens of Hollywood films opposite the likes of Dan Aykroyd, Anthony Hopkins, Annette Bening, Ethan Hawke, Gregory Peck, and John Candy. His biopic was narrated by Brad Pitt, with whom he worked in Legends of the Fall