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TIL studies have found that in Africa and parts of Asia, people with schizophrenia typically report hearing kind and playful voices as opposed to the violent and cruel voices heard by those in Western societies...

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VM7pG TIL that the vlog brothers were negotiating a TV show, the network offered them $2000, Hank accidentally replied all "this number is missing 2 0's" the network replied back and agreed. (34:20)
4yMa TIL that in 1961, one giga FLOPS would have theoretically cost $8.3 trillion USD (adjusted to inflation) whereas today one giga FLOPS costs 8 cents.
nVgb TIL, in 1962, an intruder climbing the fence at a Minnesota air base set off the “sabotage alarm” in all bases in the area. In one base, due to wrong wiring, the Klaxon was sounded ordering nuclear-armed aircraft to take off, and the pilots believed WW3 has started. The original intruder was a bear.
NXpW8 TIL that during the filming of the Doctor Who serial “The Celestial Toymaker”, the BBC got in trouble after a character meant to be inspired by Billy Bunter claimed to be him at the end of one of the episodes. The Continuity Announcer had to make an apology to avoid a lawsuit.
d875d TIL there is only one publicly known operator who served both DEVGRU (US Navy Seal Team 6) and US Army Delta Force