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TIL The Human eyeball has a resonant frequency of 18Hz and may explain some ghost sightings

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ne0B7 TIL Mali discovered America ~180 years before Columbus.
9wrd6 TIL that the Zip in Zip Code stands for Zone Improvement Plan, has been in use since 1963, and adds $10 billion annually to the US economy.
KOdd4 TIL during the making of ‘Borat,’ the police were called 92 times on Sacha Baron Cohen.
PKRJ TIL Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a blood test to measure major depression in adults by measuring nine RNA blood markers.
Bg4yb TIL that the Puritans banned the celebration of Christmas, believing it to be 'popery'. In England, the ban was from 1647 to 1660 and pro-Christmas rioting occurred. In Boston, the ban was from 1659 to 1681 but it was unfashionable to celebrate Christmas there until the 19th century.