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TIL that the CIA commonly uses loud music played for days on end to drive detainees mad before interrigation. Some of the most popular tracks used include heavy death metal, the Barney theme song, and the song from the Meow Mix commercials.

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4Xo5X TIL a New York deaf man sued Pornhub for not providing closed captioning to all of their videos. Despite Pornhub's VP asserting that they do have a closed captions video section, the man's lawsuit specifically cites “Hot Step Aunt Babysits Disobedient Nephew" as a video that lacked closed captions.
pYBre TIL Massachusetts highwayman James Allen's deathbed confession was later copied into a book bound by his own skin.
W7Ned TIL Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook wrote that the word Al-Qaeda should be translated as "the database", because it originally referred to the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen militants who were recruited and trained with CIA help to defeat the Russians
WkP84 TIL red squirrels harvest mushrooms and then hang them in trees to dry. Once dried they collect them and store them for the winter.
NGWP TIL that what you see can change what you hear (aka McGurk Effect)