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TIL we can predict spontaneous decisions ~7.5 seconds before people become consciously aware of them.

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xVyob TIL, Salt was so precious in ancient Rome, it made up a portion of a soldier's pay, which is where we get the word salary from, (from the Latin for salt, sal).
DQyg TIL that during WW2, American and Australian troops developed a hybrid version of their respective types of football. To make the game fair to both sides, players were awarded a mark after either a caught kick or a thrown pass. The game was known as Austus.
m1OKP TIL: the Adamites, a nudist Christian group from the 2nd century that practiced "holy nudism" and absolute lawlessness. Believed whatever they did would be considered neither good nor bad because they fell under Adam and Eve's primeval innocence.
rRnNW TIL about Manuel Herrick, the first (and only) man elected to the US Congress after: 1) being raised to believe that he is the Second coming of Jesus Christ; and 2) being arrested for robbing a train, being declared insane at the resulting trial, and being sent to a mental asylum.
LQ6Lp TiL The Largest Mass Execution in U.S history was at the end of the Dakota War of 1862, where 38 Native Americans were hanged.