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TIL a study was conducted on memories of the attacks of September 11, highlighting how strong emotional reactions elicited by flashbulb events are actually remembered poorly, and drawing conclusions on how historical events are accurately or inaccurately remembered and recorded over time.

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X17r TIL That a reddit post from a year ago, involving Time Travel, is now being made into a movie by Warner Brothers.
6ERBX TIL Scythian Golden Pectoral of magnificent workmanship consists of three tiers of 48 meticulously detailed figures of men and animals. It weighs 1.2 kg (2.6 pounds), of pure 24 carat gold, dates 4th BC and was found in Ukraine in 1971
r9Xe TIL Trey Parker (co-creator of South Park) majored in music and Japanese, explaning the well done musical numbers and Japanese satire in the show.
DQKrD TIL females are more likely than males to intervene when they are a bystander to sexual violence
p8bXN Today I learned that the heads on easter island actually also have torsos. In most pictures taken of these famous heads, it shows only the heads but hidden under the ground are its torso. Scientists have 'found interesting discoveries that further our knowledge of the Easter Island civilization'.