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TIL Belgium committed Genocide in Congo in a 52-year colonial rule, killing 10-15 million Congolese

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XEAZR TIL Researchers created an algorithm that can reconstruct an audio by analyzing minute vibrations of objects depicted in video. In one set of experiments, they were able to recover intelligible speech from the vibrations of a potato-chip bag photographed from 15 feet away through soundproof glass
G4lE TIL that Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, harbors an extremely salty ocean
KNdQ TIL more than 3.5 million people experience homelessness each year in the United States and 25% of this number are children under the age of 18.
PY6PV TIL In the '71 film, The Andromeda Strain, in order to film the sequence in which a monkey was 'killed', an airtight set was created into which carbon monoxide was pumped, forcing the monkey to suffocate. Then, a waiting veterinarian rushed on the set and treated it with oxygen.
G8O7 TIL the September 11th massacre of 9 AD in the Teutoburg Forest was literally an inside job. The Romans lost over 10,000 to an insider who betrayed them.