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TIL Tin foil hats actually boost receptivity to government signals

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6BlJ TIL In loud environments, people are twice as likely to comply with requests asked in their right ear rather than their left.
yZM TIL There is an island in the South Pacific that is entirely uninhabited. 47.23 km² (18.24 sq mi) Pagan island.
E1yVd TIL That at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862, many of the soldiers were found to have wounds glowing blue and were healing faster than others. They called it Angel Glow. 140 years later 2 teens discovered the cause, a bioluminescent bacterium called Photorhabadus luminesens which inhibits pathogens
4XOMX TIL that around 200,000 tonnes of rock were removed to build the ancient Indian temple called Kailasa. A megalith carved out of one single rock. Carvers started at the top of the original rock and excavated downward.
1aLJD TIL that Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, which is set in Japan to safely mock British institutions, was briefly banned in the UK in 1907 for fear of offending a visiting Japanese prince. The prince was very annoyed, because he'd wanted to see it.