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TIL of the theory of nominative determinism in that people tend to gravitate towards careers that fit their names

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E1l8X TIL that the Germans used Pervitin (now known as crystal meth) to keept their soldiers fighting almost constantly in WW2.
rNwry TIL that the themesong of the well known show FUTURAMA is based and partially sampled from a 1960s song by french composer Pierre Henry.
kJY8B TIL an Iowa Supermarket employee went missing in 2009 while at work, only to have his decomposed body discovered in a gap between a freezer and a wall 10 years later in 2019.
awJdZ TIL The term 'Introvert and "Extrovert" was defined by Carl Jung in the 1920's in his completely scientifically untested personality theories. It is the grandfather of most personality tests including the most popular Myers Briggs which is wholly considered pseudoscience by modern psychologists.
v11L8 TIL the Fuegian dog, was a domesticated culpeo, a native fox to South America that resembles a red fox, by the indigenous Yaghan peoples. They were exterminated by white settlers for being dangerous to the settler's goats.