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TIL about the Minnesota project. In WWII 36 conscientious objectors semi-starved to gain insights into its effects

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R7g1l TIL Eva Mendes’ voice was dubbed over in the Steven Seagal movie “Exit Wounds” without her knowledge. A producer later told her her natural voice “didn’t sound intelligent enough.” She later replied “it was a Steven Seagal movie, and I didn’t sound intelligent enough.”
M97A TIL A group of Soviet prisoners were able to revolt and seize control of their gulag for 40 days
xXmb TIL that the “wort wort wort” exclamation is more than heard in Halo by Covenant Elites is more than just nonsense. Played backwards it is “go go go”.
N7Q1 TIL there’s a company that invented the retractable syringe to prevent AIDS and offers to sell it at a equal price to consumers. Yet they’re over shadowed by a billion dollar company “BD”.
oLRA TIL that 20th President James A. Garfield was ambidextrous and was versed in both Greek and Latin. He would sometimes entertain his friends by having them ask him questions and then writing the answers simultaneously in Latin in Greek using both hands.