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TIL that the term "Stockholm Syndrome" was made up by a psychiatrist to hide how his gross mishandling of a hostage situation made the hostages trust the bank robbers more than him or the police he advised.

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6RMX TIL that NYC Police Officers were formally accused of using an illegal chokehold during an arrest 1,048 times from January 1, 2009 to June 30, 2014 … that’s two complaints filed every three days
9Erp TIL Genghis Khan’s chief adviser was a captured scholar named Yelu Chucai. His contribution to the Mongol Empire was to suggest that the Mongols not kill everyone, but tax them instead.
R7Dkj TIL that the last official sword duel took place in France on the 21st of April 1967 because a parliament member called the mayor of Marseille “a dumbass” during a parliament conference
DQ1LV TIL I learned about "Bombturbation", the cratering of the soil surface and mixing of the soil by explosive munitions, usually during warfare or related activities. Some places like Verdun in France (during WW1), were completely and almost irreversibly changed by this
ZD6o TIL that between the time it was discovered and the time it was unclassified as a planet, Pluto did not even complete one revolution around the sun.