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TIL The Title Song ‘I Love You’ from the children’s show 'Barney’ is used by interrogators to convince suspects to feel that life is meaningless, and to give up information.

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ep4n4 TIL of Natalia Grace, a 9-year-old orphan whose adopted parents claimed she was actually a 22-year-old sociopath.
oXZR TIL JJ Abrams’ production company, Bad Robot, has their headquarters intentionally incorrectly labelled as the “National Typewriter Company,” as Abrams likes typewriters and misdirection.
DQ7bv TIL: As many as 35,000 Connecticut building foundations are effected by bad cement mix containing pyrrhotite from specific mines in the area. The mineral expands with air and moisture that can take 20 years to appear and $200K+ to repair, forcing many into foreclosure.
4XRL5 TIL that the French duo Daft Punk got their name from a negative review they received from MelodyMaker magazine for a trio they were in before. A journalist wrote that the band Darlin's music was "a daft punky thrash". They found it funny, creating one of the most influential music acts of 90s & 00s
BrXRx TIL siblings born within a year of each other are called "Irish twins", which was a derogatory term referring to poor Catholic families with many successive children