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TIL that the opposite of the placebo effect is the ‘Nocebo effect’, where negative expectations reduce effects of treatment on the patient. An example is that warning patients about the side effects of drugs makes it more likely that those side effects will occur!

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9Y7yp TIL of United Airlines' executive flights, that were men-only. They surprisingly fun and very efficient. These flights were active from 1953-1970.
VMLGp TIL: Juul had to ban their products within their own office, resorting employees to use a tent for smoke or Juul breaks
xVe05 TIL a woman scratched an itch, all the way through her skull and into her brain.
ANkjx TIL traditional Albanian tribal law (Kanun) may have originated in the Bronze Age, predating the Roman empire and the Homerian epics. Kanun is based on honor, hospitality, right conduct, and kin loyalty. In some parts of Albania, men are confined at home to avoid triggering inter-family blood feuds.
loE1N TIL about Dr Clara Immerwahr, the first woman to get a PhD in Chemistry in Germany in 1900. She assisted with the weaponisation of Mustard gas, which was subsequently used on the frontlines in 1915. During a party to celebrate it's successful use, she committed suicide by shooting herself.