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TIL Stanford psychologists find that jokes help us cope with horrifying images

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d8R1B TIL of the Lost Scottish Clan of Gurro in Northern Italy. The claim is that retreating Scottish Guardsmen from a defeated French Army stopped in town and recreated their ways there, which remained preserved to this day.
mY9Y TIL Shrimp is called an abomination 4 times more than homosexuality in the bible
grW5L TIL the opening shot of “Apocalypse Now” was made from old footage found in the trash. Director Coppola shot 1.5 million feet of film, and accidentally came across the scene. Coppola also told the editor to use The Doors’ “The End,” since he thought it would be funny to start a movie with "The End."
KYJWB TIL that the over the 4 days of the assassination and funeral of JFK, was the longest uninterrupted media coverage until September 11, 2001.
kOWn4 TIL in 2018, it rained 50 inches in 24 hours in Hawaii, setting a US record - that's more than 4 feet of rain. OF RAIN.