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TIL Japanese Mass Suicides in WW2

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J85Q TIL a CIA handbook taught torture methods, and stressed the importance of psychological over physical torture. The threat of inflicting pain triggered fears more damaging than the pain itself, because people often underestimated their capacity to withstand pain.
worXW TIL About The Pig War, a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British–U.S. border in the San Juan Islands, so called because it was triggered by the shooting of a pig.
0wN15 TIL of a science fiction novel by Dr. Wernher von Braun named "Project Mars: A Technical Tale". The novel, made in the late 1940s, describes Mars exploration. In this novel, Mars is inhabited by Martian civilization and the leader of the Martian government is entitled "Elon" (Chapter 24 on page 177)
wMx1 TIL 60% of Americans consume less than 1 alcoholic drinks a day on average, while the top 10% of American alcohol consumers ingest about 10 drinks per day, or nearly 74 drinks per week.
Rdy7 TIL that U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes arbitrated a land dispute between Argentina and Paraguay. He decided in favor of Paraguay, giving the country 60% of its current territory. Paraguay still honors Hayes, and there is a local soccer club named after him, Club Presidente Hayes.