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TIL about a case study in which a cortically blind man was shown pictures of faces. He couldn’t explain what he was seeing, but the part of the brain that responds to threat and arousal spiked when he was shown pictures of faces that looked like they were staring at him.

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VM0kB TIL in 1944, 3 B-29 bombers made emergency landings in USSR. Stalin ordered his engineers to clone them. A small hole was found on the left wing of the captured B-29 which was probably drilled by mistake. So, a very small unnecessary hole, made with the thinnest drill, appeared on all Tu-4 bombers.
yPNV TIL that gargoyles are used as waterspouts and grotesques are decorative.
r9Wx TIL the chief minster of Karnataka, India is a self-confessed agnostic. During his swearing-in ceremony, he took oath in the name of “Truth” and not God.
0wkbp TIL that the domain name ".tv" is the domain representing the country of Tuvalu. In 1998, Tuvalu signed a contract for the exclusive marketing rights for the domain name, allowing it to finally raise enough money to join the United Nations.
JYMWm TIL the depiction of Jesus as fair skinned, with fair hair and beard and light colored eyes comes from the Letter of Lentulus. Lentulus falsely claimed to be governor over Judea while Jesus was alive, and made up the description to impress a friend.