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TIL that a Hindu fakir claimed on live television that he could kill anybody with tantric chanting. A man in the audience took him up on it right then and there. The rest of the channels programs that evening were all cancelled to allow give the fakir several hours to attempt the kill.

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jN0ZN TIL that inflation was so low in the United States in the 2010s that economists were actually becoming concerned that it might signal economic stagnation and a lack of economic control. Inflation was lower between 2010 and 2019 than any decade since the 1930s.
oYPA TIL there’s a way to highly exaggerate microscopic vibrations on surfaces from any video, allowing you to see things like blood pulses in the face, sound affects on glass and even recreate the sounds that caused the vibrations.
kO7DW TIL: The difference between David Bowie's eyes is caused by Anisocoria ( a condition where the pupils are two different sizes) which developed after Bowie got punched in the eye, in a fight over a girl when he was 15.
GAmYE TIL that the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as the Punchbowl, is a U.S. military cemetery uniquely located inside the crater of an extinct volcano in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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