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TIL the most successful interrogator of the Nazi regime used unspeakable techniques such as joyrides in fighter planes, walks through the countryside, and trips to the zoo.

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4XQjJ TIL in 1963 biologist and animal psychologist James McConnell conditioned planarian flatworms to fear a bright light by electrocuting them. He would then grind up those flatworms and feed them to other worms who had not participated in the experiment. Those worms were afraid of the light.
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