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TIL placebos have been shown to be effective in increasing endurance, speed and weightlifting ability, leading to questions over whether they should be allowed in sport competition.

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P0wG TIL Stanislav Petrov holds the title as “The man who saved the world” after stopping all out nuclear war
b64Nj TIL that there is a McDonalds-themed Black Sabbath tribute band called "Mac Sabbath".
akPZ TIL that two people were born at the Woodstock music festival in 1969.
A1Jx TIL Aerosmith earned more money from Guitar Hero than from any of their albums.
yanJ TIL of Karczówka - where a man died falling into a cesspool, who had someone attempt to rescue him, who also died, and so on and so forth until 5% of it’s population died doing this.