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TIL there were human zoos in the 20th Century

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b9Vy4 TIL only one two-lane road connects eastern Canada with western Canada. In 2016, the road was closed due to a bridge needing repairs, splitting the country for 17 hours and forcing drivers to detour through the US
XEAxQ TIL A mouse utopia experiment with unlimited food and water caused them to not breed, or carry pregnancies to term, violent tendencies, and isolation. The ones who isolated themselves avoided the violence but lost all social skills and stopped breeding all together.
LkZMv TIL the idea of Catholic Monks/Nuns taking a "vow of silence" never existed. The concept is a misunderstanding of "Monastic Silence" which established rules for time and place when speaking in a monastery. There was never a rule which required perpetual silence.
OoyZa TIL of 'learned helplessness', behavior exhibited by a subject after enduring repeated aversive stimuli beyond their control. It is caused by the subject's acceptance of powerlessness: discontinuing attempts to escape/avoid the aversive stimulus, even when alternatives are unambiguously presented.
BGkk TIL Conan O'Brien and friends dressed like construction workers and started tore up a street. Conan called city police and reported his crime. Then he called the state police and reported that college students were dressed as police and harassing construction workers. Both forces arrive to arrest each other.