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VM1x0 TIL Ancient Rome lasted so long that the original meaning of a shrine built in Rome's city center had already been forgotten by later generations of Romans.
R7Ar1 TIL that Javier Bardem's performance as Anton Chigurh in 'No Country for Old Men' was named the 'Most Realistic Depiction of a Psychopath' by an independent group of psychologists in the 'Journal of Forensic Sciences'.
M9rK TIL that the American Psychiatric Association officially banned its members from commenting on a public figure’s mental health without examining them. The policy is known as the Goldwater rule.
1avy4 TIL That the most complicated IED ever seen by the FBI was planted by a disgruntled former Luftwaffe pilot and Gulag prisoner after he lost all his money gambling in a casino. The FBI failed in defusing the bomb and the casino where it was planted was destroyed.
oBQd8 TIL that in 1982, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was rushed to hospital when a fish bone became stuck in her throat, and she ended up having an operation to remove it. Being a keen fisher, she calmly joked when it was done: "The salmon have got their own back".