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TIL 52% of the posts the make the front page of Reddit have been submitted at least once before.

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XE5aD TIL The Pentagon had staff stop playing Pokemon Go with a memo titled "Pokemon stop" and to play the game only when outside.
nW04P TIL a woman suffering from Body Integrity Identity Disorder (a condition where able-bodied people believe they are meant to be disabled) purposefully made herself blind by having a psychologist put numbing drops in her eyes, followed by a couple of drops of drain cleaner.
gEO8 TIL that of out of 28 aircraft carriers in the world, just two are operated by countries that might be hostile to the United States
MjlB TIL: The US Airways employee who gave the ticket to 9/11 terrorist Mohammed Atta said he thought Atta looked like a terrorist but told himself he was just being racist. When the planes later hit the WTC his first reaction was “I was right, this guy was a terrorist”.
kyZg TIL one can smell fear. A chemical pheromone is released in their sweat when people are afraid, and other people can smell, even if they are unaware of it.