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TIL: no one has accurately measured the speed of light (C) in one direction

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0Gpp TIL that there are women who are prepared to pay to have their breasts slapped to make said breasts appear fuller and firmer.
R50Xj TIL about Wilhelm Canaris the head of the Abwehr, Hitler’s intelligence service, who actively opposed Hitler. One act of resistance was he minimally trained Dutch Jews to be Abwehr “agents” and issued them papers to leave Germany.
Enno TIL two psychologists, to study self-deception, created a provocative questionnaire with the assumption that a response of “no” to any of the questions would be a lie. Some of these questions include: “Have you ever wanted to rape or be raped by someone” “Have you ever enjoyed your bowel movements”
oB66R TIL you're supposed to hold the wine glass by the stem so your body heat doesn't change the temperature and flavor of the wine.
Z84JR TIL of the Tulsa Center of the Universe. An acoustic anomaly located in Oklahoma. When one stands in the center of the circle and makes a noise, that noise is echoed back several times louder than it was made, but no one standing outside the circle can hear a thing.