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

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vPaB7 TIL That during a duet between John Lennon and Chuck Berry on a 1972 episode of 'The Mike Douglas Show' the show's sound engineer cut off the mic of Yoko Ono who had been interrupting with incomprehensible wailing during a rendition of 'Memphis Tennessee'.
bd49 TIL: The First Photograph, or more specifically, the earliest known surviving photograph made in a camera, was taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826 or 1827. The image depicts the view from an upstairs window at Niépce’s estate, Le Gras, in the Burgundy region of France.
ZpLoY TIL Wilbur Snapp, who was a stadium organist for the Clearwater Phillies and for the Philadelphia Phillies in spring training, was ejected from a game at Jack Russell Stadium in 1985 after playing "Three Blind Mice" in response to what he thought was a bad call from the umpire.
0dAo5 TIL: There was a poll of "well traveled women" which rated men they slept with. Spain, France, Brazil had the best lovers. For the worst countries, they also indicated why, Germany (Too Smelly), England (Too Lazy), Sweden (Too Quick), America (Too Rough), Russia (Too Hairy).
N4ee TIL the way Dr. Seuss pronounced his name was that it rhymed with “voice”