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TIL of Brandolini’s Law AKA the Bullshit asymmetry principle: “The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.”

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yQ4oM TIL about Hafrún, a 507 year old clam which holds the distinction of being the oldest individual animal ever discovered. In 2006 it was killed by British researchers who didn't realize it's age.
mrQo TIL in 1971, a woman petitioned a Judge for permission to sterilize her “somewhat retarded” daughter. Without a hearing, evidence, or representation for the daughter, the judge granted permission. The daughter later tried to sue the judge, but the Supreme Court voted 5-3 to grant the judge immunity.
W7Ded TIL at the Battle of Wilson's Wharf in 1864, Confederate troops attacked African American troops for the first time, outnumbering them more than two to one, and lost. The Confederate commander (Robert E. Lee's nephew) was so embarrassed he made up that the Union attacked with six gunboats.
d8yyd TIL Veterinary doctors have an extreme suicide rate and experience psychological distress at a rate nearly double that of the general public
wLrGM TIL a team of international scholars have been working to recreate recipes from 4000 years ago from tablets. One Mesopotamian dish resembles a chicken pot pie, with layers of dough and chunks of bird smothered by a sort of Babylonian béchamel sauce