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TIL that the bumps on humpback whales are giant sensory hair follicles, and that the purpose of the hairs is still unclear

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7rgPP TIL Of Jack Tueller, a WWII soldier who was also a trumpet player and carried his instrument everywhere with him. He believes it saved his life from a German sniper in France. Figuring his enemy was just a scared kid like him, Jack played a love song before he set out. The sniper never fired.
5XBr TIL that in 1980, a US Airman dropped a wrench socket, which fell 80 feet and pierced a Titan II missile, causing rocket fuel to leak and eventually explode, ejecting the nuclear warhead to the edge of the launch complex.
oBXwA TIL that the world’s oldest surviving melody is over 3400 years old, and we get to hear what it sounded like
dDxPQ TIL the Leaning Tower of Pisa was almost destroyed in WW2 but spared because of how beautiful it is
XENx6 TIL that in the USSR, when foreign music was banned, bootleg records were made on old x-rays pulled from medical trash. These were called "ribs" and "bone records".