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TIL The past decade has seen a massive jump in generosity, according to recent research. Between 2001 and 2011, giving around the world grew a whopping 240%

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mxNOM TIL that Stockholm syndrome is not a real syndrome, and cannot be found in any clinical psychology textbooks (DSM-5 etc). The term has achieved its widespread fame almost solely due to media oversimplification of complex psychological phenomena.
4kAVa TIL that there is a role in system of Bosnia and Herzegovina that has the power to remove public officials from office and pass laws, although it's exclusively held by foreigners
vP7j TIL that corporal punishment (spanking) is still practiced in the United States and in the 2006-07 school year more than ¼ million kids were spanked. A disproportionate number of those hit were children with disabilities
KOVwa TIL that a warp drive is plausible
1aeXD TIL a group of native Americans occupied Alcatraz for 14 months before being forcibly removed by the federal government.