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jeov TIL a mob of angry Dutch killed and ate their prime minister
aQ4A TIL Ernest Hemingway begged his wife not to send him for more electroshock treatments because he lost so much of his memory he couldn’t even remember his own name. He committed suicide the day after his 36th shock treatment.
P4ZJ TIL that there is an exclusive restaurant in New York state that has a 10-year wait list
p8rXp TIL about Bob Lambert, an undercover officer. He dated an activist while infiltrating her group, and even fathered a child, despite already having a wife and children. When the assignment ended, he simply vanished, leaving a two-year-old son behind. The London police paid £425,000 to avoid court.
ZpZKQ Today I learned taking photos instead of actually viewing the scene causes your brain to outsource the memory; this causes you to not retain the information as detailed as you normally would. This is called the photo-taking impairment effect.