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TIL that individuals high in psychopathic traits show reduced susceptibility to contagious yawning; that is, yawning after seeing or hearing another person yawn.

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GAQOQ TIL in the Battle of Schöngrabern, during the Napoleonic Wars, the French captured a bridge over the Danube at Vienna by falsely claiming that an armistice had been signed, and then rushing the bridge while the guards were distracted.
WkdY TIL The director of the Truman Show wanted to install a video camera in every theater and have the projectionist cut from the film to the video of the viewers in the cinema.
MdNW TIL a mason in 1700’s Jerusalem left his wooden ladder behind after doing some work on a church and now it can’t be moved without the agreement and permission of six different Christian leaders.
E1pA0 TIL of chromesthesia, a type of synesthesia in which individuals perceive colour in addition to normal auditory sensations. Associations are idiosyncratic but consistent over time, studies found. Bernstein and Liszt are associated with the condition; the latter asking his orchestra to play 'bluer'.
1aNwV TIL In the movie "Molly's Game" Michael Cera portrays an antagonist character who's actually Tobey Maguire (Spiderman) in the real story. The author of the book claims that he was an insufferable douche and one time even asked her to "bark like a seal" for a 1,000$ to entertain him and his buddies.