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TIL about the Baseball Experiment where researchers tested the relationship between reading comprehension and prior knowledge.

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JYVB1 TIL that wearing forbidden Western fashion, like denim, jewelry, and hair dye, is used by North Korean millennials to show their defiance of the regime - but a women's union and youth groups monitor the streets to shame and beat rule-breakers, cutting off ponytails and destroying tight trousers
OGAaR TIL I haven’t used cash in so long that the main penny circulating no longer has the Lincoln Memorial on the back.
b9o1E TIL: Hells Angels attempted to kill Mick Jagger in 1975. They tried to drive a boat up to the Long Island Mansion he was staying at, however, the boat sank and the Hells Angels ended up having to swim for their lives.
7r0BX TIL that there are animals that have more than one heart, such as the octopus — and some humans even, thanks to "piggyback" heart transplants that add another heart to the original
16A1O TIL about the Castle Bravo nuclear test in the Marshall Islands. The explosion was twice as big as expected, causing radiation burns and sickness to residents of nearby islands. They never received compensation by the US government.