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TIL that Oscar Wilde did boxing whilst at university, and once defeated by himself, four students who attempted to ambush Wilde.

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YXE7 TIL Martha Stewart once dated Anthony Hopkins, but broke it off because she couldn’t get it out of her head that he was Hannibal Lector. Verified by her in a NPR: Wait Wait interview
OGG06 TIL that in 2017 scientists at U of Bonn found that the same wine tastes better when labelled with a higher price tag, a phenomenon known as the “marketing placebo effect.” Participants were given two samples, one €6 and one €18. Most rated the latter higher though they were from the same bottle.
dDkn9 TIL a Japanese submarine used to attack Sydney Australia was later painted yellow by college students inspired by the Beatles song
eK76 TIL that a paper published in the Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology concluded “This paper provides support for the "Rotten Barrel” theory of police deviant behavior, which holds that the stressful conditions of the police occupation constitute a primary risk factor for police misconduct.“
ne01W TIL that one Texas filmmaker made the same film 300 times