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TIL that during the carnian age (232 million years ago) it rained for 1-2 million years straight almost everywhere according to scientists

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WkelN TIL there are only two organs with 64′ pipes (stops) in the world. The lowest note of these stops has a frequency of 8 Hz, which humans can just feel, not hear.
mGkY TIL most of the posthumous Vietnam War Medal of Honor decorations were awarded to those soldiers who threw their bodies on live grenades to absorb the detonation
MebBb TIL about the film 100 Years, the content of this film are a secret, sealed in a bulletproof safe with a timelock, due to be opened and revealed only when the title is released, in 2115.
GPRg TIL a Canadian student attending a lecture on out-of-body experiences approached the professor after saying, “I thought everybody could do that.” She is the first person studied who can induce them at will.
KOnZa TIL inventor of the Murphy-Bed, William Lawrence Murphy (1856-1957), created his first hide-away bed as means to convert his one-room apartment into a parlour, specifically to host the company of his future wife. It was considered inappropriate at the time to for a woman to enter a man's bedroom.