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TIL that LoZ: Link's Awakening was heavily inspired by Twin Peaks

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4XNW5 TIL that the average rooster crow is about 130 dB, about the same volume as standing 15 meters from a jet taking off. To prevent deafness from their own calls, roosters have evolved soft tissue that covers half of the eardrum while crowing
egnD TIL In 1962, a group of scientists wanted to study the effects of LSD on elephants. They injected an elephant with 3,000 times the normal dose given to humans because they assumed elephants would be much less sensitive to LSD than humans. The elephant died in 100 minutes.
0w45L TIL about diamond mining in India, which was the only place where diamonds were mined until 1726. Koh-i-Noor, Hope, Nizam, Jacob, Great Mughal, Orlov are some of famous diamonds from a region called Golconda(kollur) in India
Ayyo TIL Plato was originally called Aristocles, later acquiring the nickname Plato (meaning “broad”) because of his muscular physique.
0wMg1 TIL drinking alcohol in pregnancy is linked to depression in teenagers