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Y7Z8v TIL about Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol or "The Theatre of the Great Puppet" (known as the Grand Guignol) was a theatre in Paris that, from its opening in 1897 until its closing in 1962, specialized in naturalistic horror shows.
Brpke TIL in the 1960s and 70s, professionally trained psychologists overtly focused on combating unionization, introduced sophisticated behavioural and social science techniques to allow employers to screen out potential union supporters and to facilitate the maintenance of a non-union environment
x6Mn5 TIL that there's an all women team competing in endurance racing, complete with an all woman crew. They race in the LMGTE/GT3 category and once won in their category in 2023, at a race in Bahrain.
EX7p TIL: Early in colonization, “Disposable Ships” were a type of craft built for a single voyage, after which they would be disassembled, the wood reused to build actual ships. Some disposables were the largest ships ever built.
m0po TIL that 2 Japanese Go masters played a match for 4 days straight. At the end the loser vomited blood on the board and died the next day.