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TIL in the U.S. (unlike other countries), the placebo effect is so strong that new painkillers have trouble beating it in clinical trials.

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dDlVd TIL in Australia there is a free bus service that provides Japanese-style pod hotel beds for homeless people to spend the night
4X0W5 TIL In 1850, a man who claimed he was the brother of Jesus started a rebellion in China that killed 30 million people. It was one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history.
gMA5b TIL: Hitler and the Nazis were big on environmentalism. The Nazis were the first European nation to establish nature reserves and order the protection of wildlife and passed numerous animal rights law. At times the soldiers were order to plant trees on the battlefield.
QnXe TIL that when Justin Bieber first heard ‘Call Me Maybe’ on Canadian Radio he referred Carly Rae Jepson to his manager which allowed her to procure an American recording deal and access to worldwide distribution. Thus, the song to this date has sold between 10-15 million copies worldwide.
M7DKW TIL the portable vintage Sharp VZ-V20R boombox, which weighs 29.8 lbs. without batteries, has the capability to play vinyl records vertically and play both sides of a record without the need to flip it to the other side. It also has an extended FM radio range of 76 Mhz to 108 Mhz and a cassette deck