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TIL that World War II, which lasted 6 years and resulted in the deaths of over 75 million people, is a thing!

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6EQlQ TIL of The Barnum Effect: a common psychological phenomenon where people give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that seem tailored to them but are, in fact, vague and general enough to apply to a wide range of people. See astrology, fortune telling etc.
LQoKQ TIL that there is a high school in China where students study from 6.20am to 11pm to prepare for college admission exam (gaokao)
D1ZPp TIL despite its popularity, Frank Sinatra ended up hating "My Way", believing that the song was self-serving and self-indulgent.
VBWn4 TIL while trying to call home from the International Space Station, British astronaut Tim Peake accidentally called the wrong number.
ZAQ TIL that the song “Why can’t we be Friends?” was played in space when Soviet cosmonauts and U.S. astronauts joined together in 1975 for the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.