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TIL Cary Walkin, an accountant, actually programmed a spreadsheet in Excel that functioned as a full-fledged RPG

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v1oMR TIL about the Montreal experiments at McGill University (1957-1964) by psychiatrist Donald Cameron and funded by the CIA. The patients, mainly diagnosed with depression & schizophrenia, expected positive changes but instead suffered severely under conditions not in accordance with human rights.
e0LWJ TIL lemons were created by ancient humans as a hybrid of the citron and bitter orange plants
9O1p TIL a Texas A&M study invited people to taste wines labeled “France,” “California,” and “Texas,” and while nearly all ranked the French as best, in fact, all three were the same Texan wine.
wodP TIL, That the DeLorean in Back To The Future, was almost going to be fridge instead.
9Yn17 TIL that the cameraperson for the famous slo-mo footage of Evel Knievel's failed Cesar's Palace fountains jump (link to vid in comments, it's a doozy) was none other than Golden Globe winning actress Linda Evans of Dynasty fame