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TIL that psychologists actually have a term for people who enjoy harming others, which is dubbed "everyday sadism".

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loKba TIL that 3% of all movies in the 1960s featureed quicksand
OoNVL TIL that William Blake's poem "Jerusalem", considered the unofficial anthem of England and used in numerous English and British events, is inspired by the apocryphal story that a young Jesus travelled to what is now England and visited Glastonbury
GEDN TIL in 1806 Mary Bateman convinced hundreds of people her hen could predict the world’s end. Bateman sold protective wards for a shilling, but was exposed after a doctor caught her shoving handwritten eggs into her hen. Bateman then practiced medicine and was executed for poisoning her patients.
j64Mp TIL that 43 species of termites are used as food by humans and food for livestock.
0vRp TIL that a 1000MW coal power plant puts 100x more radiation into the atmosphere than a nuclear power plant