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TIL that Roman Catholicism is the state religion of Costa Rica.

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4kmgb TIL in 1970 Robert White successfully transplanted the head of a rhesus monkey onto another decapitated monkey. It survived for eight days, able to smell, hear, see, and move its mouth. But it was paralyzed from the neck down, as White was unable to reconnect the severed spinal cord.
YJ7 TIL the CIA had a plan to drop gigantic condoms labeled “Medium” into the USSR to convince Russian women that Americans were more virile
BrL9D TIL about Insulin Shock Therapy, which was a treatment to schizophrenia in the 1950's in which you used to repeatedly inject the patient with insulin to induce comas.
LQj1V TIL Alan Turing, the father of modern computing, was an elite runner who nearly qualified for the Olympic marathon with a time of 2 hours 46 minutes—averaging an impressive 6:20 per mile
VkVp TIL There is a Polish celebration on Easter Monday that involves boys throwing water on girls and spanking them with pussywillows