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TIL that in 2010 the International Council on Security and Development conducted a survey that found that 92% of Afghan men have never heard of 9/11.

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b6BX7 TIL that brain stimulation using a device that can be built for $20 accelerates learning through a process called transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS).
P61g TIL: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the famous Sherlock Holmes series, once caught fire while up to bat in a cricket match when a ball struck a box of matches in his pocket.
GYbdj TIL: Scotland's Duncraig station was grudgingly re-opened 11 years after it was closed because local train drivers simply refused to accept that it had been closed.
Brp6d TIL powdered wigs became popular to hide syphilis symptoms
6E0El TIL about the 1998 AFF match, in which neither Thailand nor Indonesia wanted to win as the winner would have to face Vietnam. Indonesia scored an own goal to face Singapore, the 'easier opposition'. Thailand lost to Vietnam, Indonesia lost to Singapore, and Singapore went on to win the tournament.