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TIL Houdini debunked psychics, a practice that made an enemy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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m1jVp TIL People who post their fitness routine on social media are more likely to have psychological problems.
rR7X0 TIL Benjamin Franklin said "In 1736 I lost one of my sons... by the smallpox taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of the parents who omit that operation..."
e06Kb TIL the phrase "souped up" predated automobiles and was actually a reference to injecting horses with steroids to improve their performance.
WkQ5L TIL a man who suffered from severe electrical burns ended up dying during the Blackout of 2003. This was because there was no electricity to power his air conditioning to keep his skin grafts at the right temperature. He was put in this position by electricity and out by lack of it.
BrP0b TIL Mixed-race relations were a felony in some states in the South, but also in western and plains States until 1967, when the Supreme Court struck down laws against it. As late as 2009 a Louisiana Justice of the Peace refused to perform a mixed race ceremony, was sued and resigned.