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TIL that prominent Baptist minister Jack Schaap gave public sermons called "A Polished Shaft" that included vivid demonstrations of said shaft-polishing.

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wl81 TIL a 2009 Oxford study on SSRIs found that SSRI antidepressants caused almost all participants to feel less empathy, sympathy, and positive emotions. Some reported feeling suicidal due to the SSRI emotional numbness and one began to self-harm in an effort to feel emotion.
j6KPM TIL that Mass is the only one of 7 fundamental measurments we still use a physical example of.
QOgM TIL the earliest person we know the name of is a Mesopotamian called Kushim who lived over 5000 years ago
X0DJE TIL that the Shire breed of horse was first developed as the "Great Horse" during the reign of King Henry VIII of England. Acts were passed in 1535 and 1541 forbidding the use for breeding of horses under 15 hands (60" at the shoulder) in height, also prohibiting all exportation, even into Scotland.
Org4 TIL that in MIT students once put a police car on top of MIT’s dome overnight with the flashing warning lights still in operation with a dummy policeman inside holding a box of donuts and coffee.