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TIL that the ‘irrational’ urge of a slave to escape his master was medically referred to as Drapetomania. A common prescription was removal of the big toes.

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Va7k TIL of Max Yasgur, the man who hosted Woodstock on his dairy farm. He got threats from his neighbors, but said “if the generation gap is to be closed, we older people have to do more than we have done.” He also got angry when people were trying to sell water and provided it free of charge.
yQ8rJ TIL that listening to music which we have an emotional attachment to, the body releases dopamine, resulting in goosebumps, or "chills." The stronger the attachment, the more dopamine that is produced.
YpRkG TIL while trying to create a pig in Minecraft, Markus Persson accidentally switched the length and height in code and ended up with the monstrosity now known as a creeper.
WkxaN TIL the reason children get lice but adults rarely do is because your scalp gets more acidic after puberty
lj8A TIL there exists a waterfall in Antarctica that has a water source completely devoid of oxygen containing a high amount of Iron & Sodium. When the water is finally exposed to air as it flows out of the glacier, it rusts coloring the water blood red making it look like the glacier is bleeding!