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TIL that English versions of the Bible sometimes translate penises as “feet”

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7reM TIL As part of an experiment, 12 people faked brief auditory hallucinations to gain admission to psychiatric hospitals. Once in they behaved normally, but 11 were misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. It was only other patients - not any doctors or nurses - who realized they were sane.
p896Q TIL that “witch windows” are almost exclusively found in Vermont due to the superstition that witches can’t fly their brooms through slanted windows.
p89KG TIL about the residents of a neighborhood complaining of mysterious ailments from a new cell phone tower. During a meeting the owner revealed that the tower had been off for over a month. Residents didn’t show up to the followup meeting
R7bD6 TIL in the 1880s, many farmers communicated by connecting their phones to barbed wire fences. This process often allowed for up to 20 people to be connected at once, everyone’s phone would ring regardless of who called, and the invention helped many farmers overcome depression and loneliness.
Bgld TIL that McDonald’s in Venezuela charge the US equivalent of over $15 for a Big Mac.