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TIL of the Contranym, which is a word that has two contradicting definitions. Ex. Shelled means both having a shell and stripped of a shell

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XEZV8 "Normal brains automatically place themselves in the perspective of others, while psychopaths have to actually make an effort to do so."
p8Xr8 TIL about the arrow of time paradox. Events at the microscopic level are time-symmetric, meaning that if time were symmetrical, a video of those events would seem realistic whether played forwards or backwards. But this isn't the case at the macroscopic level. There is no good explanation for this.
NXVQN TIL a petrifying well is a well or other body of water which gives objects a stone-like appearance. If an object is placed into such a well and left there for a period of months or years, the object acquires a stony exterior.
Me9kb TIL that Dracula (1930) was also filmed in Spanish with a different cast and crew - and is considered by some to be better than the original
6wvl TIL that the largest sea evacuation happened on 9/11. Almost 500, 000 people got evacuated by boat in less than 9 hours.