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TIL that the ability of mantis shrimp to detect polarised light has inspired cancer-detecting technologies bc light reflects differently from cancerous and healthy tissue

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x57g TIL there’s a facility in Dallas called The Anger Room where you can pay to smash things up. They have different settings and you can select different packages with which to work out your frustrations.
8a0KG TIL detective show "Columbo", starring Peter Falk, aired its first episode in February 1968 and aired its last episode 35 years later in January 2003
oRr8R TIL: Sigmund Freud's nephew, Edward Bernays, pioneered the field of public relations. Applying his uncle's ideas, Bernays convinced the public that bacon and eggs was the all-American breakfast and, using subliminal images of vaginas and venereal disease, that only disposable cups were sanitary.
awgGM TIL Comedian Jenny Slate was effectively fired from SNL after accidentaly uttering the word "fucking" in the first scene of her first episode on the show. The experience led her to develop stage fright which she had to overcome through therapy
oXmE TIL that more than 80 percent of clinical data is “fabricated” in China according to China’s own food and drug regulator.