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TIL that people empathize less with you if they have already been in your situation before.

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Ool5L TIL Henry Ford was an anti-semite and was given an award by the nazi regime in 1938
ElVo TIL that in 1936 a rare million-dollar Stradivarius violin got stolen from virtuoso Hall Huberman. The thief, a café musician named Julian Altman, became famous and performed for presidents. 49 years after the theft, he confessed to the theft on his deathbed and his wife received $263k finder’s fee.
e0l85 TIL Current WWE Wrestler Jeff Hardy and former wrestler Mick Foley have agreed to donate their brains for concussion research after death
rKX4 TIL the Emerald Cockroach Wasp injects venom into a specific part of a cockroaches brain to stop its escape/survival instinct response, lays an egg in it’s abdomen, then its larva eats the organs in a specific way to keep the roach alive before it cocoons and leaves its body.
YpVaZ TIL that many Icelanders refer to WW2 as "the blessed war" because the country has the war to thank for their independence.