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TIL that mimicking the behavior of others causes you to be perceived as more friendly by interlocutors. This is known as “The Chameleon Effect.”

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6dQJ TIL that the word “callipygian” is used to describe someone with beautifully shaped buttocks.
W7Jjo TIL A man staged his own kidnapping from his home in front of his terrified wife by two masked men with guns just to go out drinking with his friends without his wife knowing. He returned home two days later and claimed that his captors released him.
8eLYV TIL In German bars/restaurants there are "Speibecken": These are basins into which you can throw up if you've had too much to drink.
LNbZ TIL when the former commander of the Nazi extermination camp Treblinka, Kurt Franz, was arrested in 1959 a search of his home yielded a scrapbook with horrific photos of the massacre titled “Beautiful Years.”
mnWE TIL that CNN medical correspondent and neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta saved a Marine’s life after he was shot in the head during the opening days of the invasion of Iraq. Without proper tools, Gupta performed the brain surgery with a Black and Decker handheld drill. The Marine lived.