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TIL that Scientology has a track in CA, where members run around in a circle for up to 12 hours.

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AN0gB TIL that in 2014 researchers at MIT conducted a study that found participants were capable of extracting a picture's conceptual meaning after viewing it for as short as 13 ms, meaning the maximum framerate the human eye can see is about 77 frames per second.
5YDZp TIL about the Thibodaux Massacre, a racial attack mounted by white paramilitary groups in Thibodaux, Louisiana from November 22-25 1887. As many as 300 overall were killed, wounded or missing, making it one of the most violent labor disputes in U.S. history.
LveQ TIL that in 1946, the UK created a secret torture program targeting communists, many of whom survived Nazi concentration camps.
DQYle TIL 80% of the moon rock mass picked up by Apollo astronauts in the NASA collection remains stored in a pristine condition for future scientific study
0wApv TIL the Congo Free State was a money grabbing scheme orchestrated by King Leopold II in the 1890s that caused the death of 10 to 15 million Congolese. One policy in place required a hand for every bullet shot, resulting in whole villages being harvested for their hands.