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TIL there's a metal band with a parrot as their vocalist.

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KODXQ TIL about Drapetomania, a "mental illness" made up in the 1850s to explain why slaves might want to escape
DEEP TIL Napoleon said of torture: “It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces nothing worthwhile. The poor wretches say anything that comes into their mind and what they think the interrogator wishes to know.”
OLZR TIL that in 1992 McDonalds sold a burger called the “McJordan” that included all of Michael Jordan’s favorite toppings, one of which was BBQ sauce. In 2012, an unopened gallon of 20 year old McJordan BBQ sauce sold on eBay for $9,995
Y7pmP TIL Aggression can be decreased (and increased!) in participants performing aggression experiments by using non-invasive direct brain stimulation.
N7YKE TIL Lesbian couples are more likely to formalize their relationships, as female couples account for more than two-thirds of same-sex couples who marry.