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TIL a murder board is a group of people who evaluate proposals or help someone prepare for an exam.

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RO6a TIL that telling someone “this is going to hurt” and “this won’t hurt at all” has a physical impact on the brain which actually increases or decreases the pain you feel. (Study by Koyama et al 2005)
JY871 TIL that in 4 billion years the Andromeda galaxy will take up much of the Earth’s night sky as it nears our galaxy for collision.
690xl TIL in 1964 the US imposed a 25% tariff on light trucks in retaliation for tariffs imposed on US chicken by France and W Germany. Soon after, Volkswagen cargo vans and pickup trucks practically disappeared from the US market.
8e7rZ TIL Ronald Reagan's second Chief of Staff, from 1985 to 1987, was a man named Donald Regan.
J0gV TIL a woman is facing up to 10 years of imprisonment for giving water to pigs on their way to the slaughterhouse