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TIL that in Japan there are trains that bark like dogs to scare deer that come to lick the rails to get iron

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xV4Do TIL during the 16th century there formed a group of Astral Projecting Werewolves who fight witches in Hell 4 times a year for God.
ADnpo TIL that in 1930 the Indiana Bell building was rotated 90°. Over a month, the structure was moved 15 inch/hr, all while 600 employees still worked there. There was no interruption to gas, heat, electricity, water, sewage, or the telephone service they provided. No one inside felt it move.
mx9go TIL that your own voice seems lower to you because its mostly transmitted through skull, and bone conduction transmits low frequency sound better