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TIL of an illegal program, called ‘Project Mkultra’ , conducted by the CIA on American and Canadian human subjects, with the goal of developing drugs and procedures to force confessions through mind control, interrogation, and torture.

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KeD4 TIL that during the embryo development 3 sets of kidneys develop, but only one set remains to become the permanent adult kidneys.
AeLl TIL that a furious riot that killed upwards of thirty thousand people in ancient Rome was started when a Roman soldier bared his rear and farted toward an audience of Jews celebrating Passover. This is also considered by many to be the first recorded “mooning”.
oRyQ8 TIL Sunday Times took its name not because it was related to Times, but to take advantage of its name. Both papers ran separately for more than a century until they were bought by Canadian billionaire.
rReZx TIL that proto-Germanic tribes created the word "bear" out of fear that using its true name, "arkto" would cause it to appear. This is considered by some to be the oldest known euphemism.
ALEa TIL The Manhatten Project raised background radiation levels so much, that for a long time geiger counters were built out of pre-1940s steel, mainly salvaged from sunken battleships