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TIL that gaslighting was used as early as WWII by Nazi Germany as one of the Zersetzung psychological manipulation warfare techniques to destroy and drive political opponents to psychosis and suicide.

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Mrj8 TIL that almost nothing can live in a modern cornfield ……but corn
8amRX TIL that, when measuring things for cooking, the volume of a tablespoon is different in the US, the UK and Australia.
L78P TIL that 10 years ago a man who went for a job interview for the BBC was accidentally mistaken for a tech expert and was interviewed on live tv
Mebeb TIL that most people (60%) are lactose intolerant.
w7E8 TIL the World Trade Center still exists in the Muppet Christmas Movie when an angel shows Kermit the Frog what the world would be like if he hadn’t been born