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TIL that there was a conspiracy theory that Jimi Hendrix faked his death and became Morgan Freeman

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vPZV8 TIL In the past, Chinese orphanages were full of healthy girls due to the strict one-child policy and the common preference for boys. Now, Chinese authorities estimate that 98 percent of abandoned children have disabilities, both mild to severe
6En5Z Til that Beethoven has "curious tempo selections" in his works that musicians today generally adapt the tempo from what was written. Historians believe in 1815, a deafening Beethoven was gifted an inaccurate early metronome by J. Mälzel that is likley to have been sabotaged/broken in a fit of rage.
Oo511 TIL that humans enjoy spicy foods, depressing songs, and roller coasters because of “benign masochism”
woo4E TIL that chimpanzees are NOT 5 times stronger than humans. A chimpanzee's muscular performance can in fact only produce around 1.35-1.5 times the performance that human muscle can produce. This means that a large and athletic person will be as strong as a chimpanzee.
OoXgX TIL about "Benjaman Kyle": the only person ever placed on the FBI's Missing Persons page, even though his location was known. Kyle was found naked and injured in 2004 next to a Burger King dumpster in Georgia—and claimed to suffer from severe amnesia. His identity was eventually discovered in 2015.