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TIL that American serial killer Joseph Christopher AKA The .22-Caliber Killer tried to admit himself to the Buffalo Psychiatric Center the same month he began his “killing spree” and was denied entry and recommended counseling therapy instead

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ldB5 TIL a 2011 study showed schizophrenic patients perform significantly better at certain logical tasks than normal controls by utilizing intrinsic quantum-like logic.
neMod TIL that the average reaction time of a fly is ~20-50 ms, compared to the average human reaction time of 250 ms
VB6km TIL In 2019 a Japanese University student studying ninja history turned in an essay written in invisible ink. The words only became visible when the paper was heated over a gas stove. Her professor without even revealing the whole essay gave her an A.
N7mpJ TIL of a play called the "Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda." "It critiques acclaimed musical Hamilton through a depiction of a fictionalized version of Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is visited by several historical figures missing from the musical in a style similar to Dickens' A Christmas Carol."
x6P5B TIL in the Salem Witch Trials, none of the guilty were burned at the stake -- 19 were hung and 1 was pressed to death by stones -- and 6 of the 20 killed were men