› added 8 years ago

3858

TIL: A Harvard professor experimented on 22 unwitting students, assaulting their belief systems to see what damage could be caused. One of them became the Unabomber.

Read more theatlantic.com

via ift.tt

aw7pA TIL New York Times' puzzle editor Will Shortz designed his own major program at Indiana University, and in 1974 became the first and only holder of a degree in Enigmatology, the study of puzzles.
VvO4 TIL Stetson Kennedy inflitrated the KKK, learned their rituals and codewords,and provided these to the writers of the Superman program, which produced 16 episodes in which Superman fought the Klan, leading to a steep drop in recruitment.
wLyyJ TIL that the largest ocean liner built entirely in the United States (and designed by an American) is sitting derelict in Philadelphia, PA in danger of becoming scrap.
Jx6V TIL 2 million people formed a 675 km chain between the three Baltic states to demonstrate a desire for independence from the USSR in 1989
78Bo7 TIL that a broken heart can literally break your heart - Broken Heart Syndrome (Takotsubo cardiomyopathy) is a real condition where intense emotional stress can cause physical symptoms like chest pain, shortness of breath, and even heart attack-like symptoms.