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TIL of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity, which are situations wherein a state of war technically exists between belligerent parties despite the absence of actual hostilities.

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QJopd TIL the 86 billion neurons in our brain resembled a chaotic jungle until 2017 when researchers, using a peculiar branch of math, saw the brain react to stimuli by building a tower of rods (1D), then planks (2D), then cubes (3D) and more (up to 11 dimensions) out of the "sand" before disintegrating.
5YLA8 TIL when Devo were opening for Sun Ra, they decided to annoy the audience by playing a half-hour rendition of Jocko Homo. They kept repeating the "Are we not men? We are Devo!" line for about 25 minutes until people started fighting them to make them stop playing.
0dQDy TIL that the controversial blue and white dress illusion was replicated by neuroscientists with socks and Crocs
XErb6 TIL that Léo Taxil, the journalist that "exposed" Freemasons as Satanists, admitted that it was an elaborate hoax over 12 years later. He once said, "I thought everybody would see the joke and give me credit for originating a new line of humor, but my readers wouldn't have it so."
awPeL TIL that when filming Zulu (1964) in South Africa, when the authorities warned the British crew that interracial sex was punishable by whipping, the producer responded by asking "if he could have the lashes while doing it".