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TIL Gaslighting is a form of emotional abuse where the abuser manipulates situations repeatedly to trick the victim into distrusting his or her own memory and perceptions.

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W7kM4 TIL that Nikola Tesla was born around midnight, between July 9 and July 10, 1856 during a fierce lightning storm.
gr7D7 TIL the longest escalator in the western hemisphere is at Wheaton station in Wheaton, Maryland (DC Area)
M7rM8 TIL The male orgasm is a 3 stage process involves 3 glands & the testicles. Seminal Fluid is alkaline. Prior to ejaculation 1-2 drops of a clear liquid is secreted by the bulbourethral glands & neutralizes the acidity of the urethra. Then the milky prostate secretion without sperm, then the payload.
8mmG TIL An Ethiopian Olympic runner couldn’t find a comfortable pair of shoes, so he ran the 1960 Olympic Marathon in Rome barefoot, finished first, and set a new World Record.
x6AKb TIL that Napoleon's parents fought against the French conquest of Corsica. Napoleon was born three months after the conquest was successful, thus a French citizen and eventually its emperor.