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TIL 28% of IT Professionals hide their career from family or friends out of fear of being asked to provide free tech support

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R5v91 TIL that in 2017, after an explosion aboard a Slovenian cargo ship, pararescuemen from the New York Air National Guard parachuted into the ocean 1,500 miles off coast in the middle of the night to reach the vessel and saved the lives of two badly injured crew members
0JrA TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger used to give his fellow bodybuilders false advice so he’d easily beat them during competitions
7reM TIL As part of an experiment, 12 people faked brief auditory hallucinations to gain admission to psychiatric hospitals. Once in they behaved normally, but 11 were misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. It was only other patients - not any doctors or nurses - who realized they were sane.
bGB4 TIL the Ancient Greeks had a rudimentary railway c.600B.C
N7B9e TIL After filming Who framed Rodger Rabbit, Bob Hoskins’ son didn’t speak to him for 2 weeks. When he finally found out why it was because his son couldn’t believe his dad had worked with Bugs Bunny and not introduced him.