TIL that 'Evolutionary Musicology' suggests the human brain was tuned to sound/rhythm long before it developed language โ which seems to explain why music affects our emotions so directly.
TIL โAdverse Inferenceโ is a sanction used by courts in reaction to willful destruction or withholding of evidence under a party's control, such as files, documents, or emails. It directs a jury to assume that the evidence that was destroyed or withheld was negative for the destroying party.
TIL that Home Alone was so successful in parts of Europe that Kevin became a popular name, giving rise to the German word โKevinismusโ (Kevinism) for the practice of giving kids trendy names as opposed to traditional ones.
TIL that Daniel Petriฤ from Wellington, Ohio, shot both of his parents on October 20, 2007, at the age of 16 after they confiscated his copy of Halo 3. His mother died, but his father survived a critical injury. Daniel is currently incarcerated for life with the possibility of parole.
TIL about a 1997 incident at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Concord in which a section of a waterslide collapsed after students from a local high school piled into it, in an attempt to break a school record. The collapse caused 32 injuries and the death of 18 year old Quimby Ghilotti.
