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TIL that a placebo can still work even when a subject knows it’s a placebo

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5aPD TIL that we are living in the 6th Extinction Event and that humans are credited with causing it.
Me1JV TIL Don LaFontaine, the guy that did basically all the movie trailer voiceovers in the 90s/00s, got into it by accident and actually ran his own production company once. He got so busy and made so much money doing trailers he left a prestigious Paramount position to take up voiceovers full time.
M7Kl0 TIL that hair will sometimes grow back differently after chemotherapy. People who have straight hair may find that they now have curly hair or vice versa. It can even grow back a different colour 😮
XVBX TIL: Huddie Ledbetter also known as “Lead Belly” was convicted on charges of murder and attempted murder, Lead Belly literally sang his way to freedom, receiving pardons from the governors of Texas and Louisiana. He would eventually be inducted into the Rock-N-Roll hall of fame.
rDwd TIL almost half of all vetoes ever cast since the UN Security Council’s inception came from its member USSR/Russia