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TIL genders of articles affect the way users perceive objects. When asked to describe a “key” (a masculine word in Deutch and feminine in Spanish) Deutch speakers used words like “hard,” “jagged,” “metal,” and Spanish speakers used works like “little,” “lovely,” “shiny,” All testing was in English

4xbR TIL that there is a special (some say secret) room at the Naples National Archaeological Museum that contains incredibly erotic art discovered during the excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum.
8VGP TIL that a 15 year old hacker hacked into the computers of the Department of Defense & NASA, gaining access to critical ISS code, and later committed suicide because of having ‘no faith in the justice system’
M5P7 TIL Visitors entering the Catacombs of Paris are greeted with the chilling message Arrête, c’est ici l’empire de la mort (Halt! This is the empire of the dead!).
xVlyg TIL of William Donovan, the only person to have received all four of the United States' highest awards: The Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, and the National Security Medal. Donovan was also awarded the Silver Star and three Purple Hearts.
OG7y7 TIL that in 1917, during World War I, the British Army tried to train seagulls to poop on German U-boat periscopes to obscure their view. They even tested it with fake periscopes on beaches, but the gulls were more interested in stealing sandwiches than sinking submarines.