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TIL If child is found abandoned on Russian territory and the parents remain unknown for more than 6 months, that child gains Russian citizenship

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X0oX8 TIL that puttanesca means whore
0dJ6A TIL the record for viewing a scripted TV show that MASH set in 1983 still stands at 106 million viewers. Super Bowl XLIV in 2010 surpassed it as most viewed but not for a scripted show.
8emGV TIL your brain predicts the future constantly. Before you’re even aware of your surroundings, your brain has already guessed what’s likely to happen next. Reality is often your brain's "best guess."
O1P7 TIL that psychiatrist Elliott Barker treated psychopaths by locking them in a room for 11 days while naked, tied together, and high on LSD. The result was a 20% increase of psychopathic tendencies because, according to one inmate, it only taught them how to better mask their true emotions.
BgOXe TIL that for cost reasons, American soap operas were recorded on tape instead of film. Because the tape recorded at 60 FPS while film records at 24 FPS, the motion in soap operas looked overly smooth. When The Hobbit was released at 48 FPS, people complained that it looked like a soap opera.