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TIL that telling someone “this is going to hurt” and “this won’t hurt at all” has a physical impact on the brain which actually increases or decreases the pain you feel. (Study by Koyama et al 2005)

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YV1G TIL Obayashi Corporation has announced that it plans to build an elevator into space by the year 2050. the elevator would reach 96,000km (59,652 miles) into space. All this, the company said, can be achieved with the use of carbon nanotechnology, which they think will available by 2030.
7rQoL TIL the movie District 9 was made with the money originally planned to make the video game movie Halo. The decision was made by the studios to not make Halo the day they were to start shooting it so instead Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp started making District 9.
RGL7 TIL Giving yourself a hug can reduce physical pain, partially because it confuses the brain into thinking that the information from right side of the body is coming from the nervous system on the left side of the body
ANy7 TIL Subway was the largest fast food chain on Earth, with 33,749 restaurants worldwide - 1,012 more than McDonald’s.
gM8w7 TIL about the "male idiot theory", where men are more likely to engage in risky behaviour without any apparent payoff.