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TIL the idea that house dust is mostly composed of dead skin is a complete myth

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mEEE TIL There is a town in Norway called Hell, and it freezes over almost every winter.
Br8pK TIL John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States, has two living grandchildren. John Tyler was 63 when his son Lyon was born (1853). Lyon was 71 when Lyon Jr. was born (1924) and 75 when Harrison was born (1928). They are both alive today.
4Rw6 TIL that certain frequencies of infrasound ~20 Hz can cause disruptions in human perception because they resonate the eyeball and cause hyperventilation. People have reported being haunted by “gray masses” that were later explained by the presence of low-frequency machinery.
QJQ19 TIL Viggo Mortensen is now the same age as Ian McKellen was when he was cast as Gandalf in LOTR.
XvO8 TIL that on July 6, 1967, the Alvin Submersible was attacked by a swordfish, which became lodged in the skin of the sub. The crew made an emergency surface, recovered the fish, and ate it for dinner.