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TIL That memories of an event are actually just us recalling what we remembered last time, not the event itself.

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Bgbyr TIL: The MEDUSA weapon was created in 2004 and designed to incapacitate crowds of people using auditory pulses. It was purchased by SNC which had contracts with the DoD and Navy. However in 2008 SNC claims the weapon was discontinued as it may cause permanent brain damage.
OOx1 TIL “That awkward moment when…” as a meme dates back at least as far as 1924 (see cartoon title in center of page).
4XBXg TIL that after the death of Pope Julius II, (the militaristic "warrior pope" who emulated Caesar) the scholar Erasmus wrote a satirical dialogue in which the pope is denied entrance at the gates of heaven, ending with him planning to invade Paradise using the same tactics he applied when alive.
RlVw TIL That in developed countries suicide now takes more lives than war, murder, and natural disasters combined – and the suicide rate worldwide has jumped 60% since WWII, and has jumped 30% in the US in the last decade alone
p8Qb TIL a rape is likelier to result in pregnancy than an incident of consensual sex. That’s even after controlling for birth control and the woman’s age.