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TIL That Americans speak English totally different from each other

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b6oXp TIL the original signed manuscripts of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto were nearly lost in WWII when being transported for safekeeping to Prussia by train in the care of a librarian. The train came under aerial bombardment and the librarian escaped to a nearby forest with the scores hidden in his coat.
kWrd TIL buying with a credit card causes fewer pain signals in the brain than using cash.
9wBeX TIL Kool-Aid wasn’t used in the 1978 Jonestown massacre; the poisoned drink was Flavor Aid. So the phrase “drinking the Kool-Aid,” used to describe blind or dangerous devotion, is historically incorrect.
e0Krg TIL that honeybees let out a ‘whoop’ when they bump into each other. This vibrational pulse, long thought to be a signal to other bees to stop what they are doing, might actually be an expression of surprise
nO6b TIL that the 1978 arcade game “Space Invaders” was so popular upon its release that by mid-1981, Space Invaders machines had grossed more than four billion quarters.