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TIL that in the World’s Quietest Room, you could actually hear your own stomach, inner ear, and even the sounds emitted from a cellphone’s display.

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B4Zd TIL Ghost Busters Dan Aykroyd is slightly autistic. His obsession with the police and ghost hunters was the inspiration for Ghost Busters. He was diagnosed with autism back in the 1980s when his wife asked him to get it checked out. He also had Tourette’s as a kid, but overcame it with therapy.
dDElr TIL that there are over two dozen universities in the U.S. that have their own nuclear reactors.
JYOyQ TIL Locals in Cornwall created an imaginary beach to deal with overcrowded beaches. Fake signposts were put up all over the county leading to the 'Best Beach In Cornwall," however the signs actually diverted tourists in the opposite direction from any of the coasts.
BYRD TIL: There’s an anime and manga in Japan called Saint Young Men, which is about Jesus and Buddha living as roommates in Tokyo while taking a vacation on Earth and attempting to understand Japanese society.
yQODw TIL the aviation industry always uses "deaths per km" to quote safety to the public, while internally insurers use "deaths per journey", where air travel is more dangerous than most other forms of transportation