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9nmG TIL there is a mysterious sound in New Mexico called the “Taos Hum”. Only 2% of the population can hear it, and no one knows where the sound comes from.
oBMAA TIL During WW1, prohibitionists in the US successfully used anti-German sentiment to rally against alcohol, since many brewers were German or of German ancestry.
x6Q9k TIL that Dick van Dyke called his own accent while playing Bert in Mary Poppins "the most atrocious cockney accent in the history of cinema". He also recalls that, at the time of filming, he had no idea his accent was so atrocious. None of the cast or crew ever said a word to him about it.
yQYO8 TIL of Frank Hayes, a jockey who won after suffering a fatal heart attack halfway through the race. Hayes technically still atop her back, making him the first, and thus far only, jockey known to have won a race after death.
GA6DG TIL the equinox has a related phenomenon: the equilux. The equinoxes are the days when the equator is at its closest point to the sun. Locally, however, some days before or after an equinox is when daylight and darkness specifically are closest to equal. This is the equilux.