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TIL a German citizen was mistakenly abducted by the Macedonian police and handed-over to the CIA, who then held him in a black site and interrogated, beat, strip-searched, and sodomized him. When the victim later tried to sue, the case was dismissed as the US government claimed state secrets.

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OGlB1 TIL a 2022 study of 517 Jordanian students found most perceived people wearing glasses as less attractive, confident and intelligent compared to when not wearing them. The negative attractiveness effect mirrors studies in Western countries, but the negative intelligence perception was new.
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