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TIL there was a fake French reality show in the style of the Milgram experiment, which made real and unwitting contestants shock someone on TV. 80% of them kept shocking the person (who was just an actor), even after he cried out for them to stop. 60% shocked him till he appeared to die.

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OonBg TIL a study found a meatless diet was not enough to help the environment. You also had to pick your vegetables. The study examined energy and resource use across all foods and found that many vegetables are worse for the environment than meat. Lettuce was found to produce more emissions than bacon.
NMwe TIL that Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) had an affair with then-married Harrison Ford (Han Solo) during their filming of the Star Wars films.
X0rgD TIL that one of Hayao Miyazaki's producers sent Harvey Weinstein a katana when Weinstein asked Princess Mononoke to be cut for its American Release
mxdo TIL that female protesters in Egypt were subjected to virginity tests after being arrested. In 2012.
mEMO TIL the real Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort, was cellmates with Tommy Chong of Cheech & Chong and credits him for much of his current good fortune