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TIL that the pitch of a hyena’s laugh/giggle reveals its age, while variations in the frequency of notes can encode information about dominant and subordinate status.

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gMJaX TIL people with two eyes see different images in each eye looking at lenticular images. I only have one working eye so I always thought it was a way to show movement but they show depth as well!
jV0E TIL that soldiers in the U.S. military’s psychological warfare department (PSYOPS) used loudspeakers to tempt enemy fighters in Afghanistan into battles they couldn’t win by calling them,“ lady men” and “cowardly dogs”.
oB1Zr TIL that the ‘Three Little Pigs’ in the Green Jellÿ 1993 hit song were voiced by musicians Les Claypool of Primus, Maynard James Keenan of Tool, and actor/comedian Pauly Shore
0GjR TIL: The Georgia Guidestones were produced by an unknown person. The Guidestones offer the world advice on how to maintain the human race.
R5Vol TIL MLB Legend Ted Williams was “frozen cryonically” after his death in a process called neuropreservation