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TIL Hitchens's Razor: "What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence," a dictum coined by antitheist Christopher Hitchens.

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5GWp TIL Instead of being tried for war crimes, the Japanese researchers involved in human experimentation in Unit 731 were given immunity by the U.S. in exchange for their data obtained.
joAE TIL that in 1847, when anaesthetic was used for the first time in childbirth, the mother was so amazed and relieved at how painless the birth was that she named her child Anaesthesia.
Vdx8 TIL that during the filming of Eastern Promises, Viggo Mortensen’s Russian Mafia tattoos were so realistic that when he walked into a Russian Diner in London, everyone fell silent out of fear.
xVQvg TIL: Yoko Ono was not ~just~ the wife of The Beatles' famed musician John Lennon. She's also a longtime "conceptual artist" in her own right, sometimes making art like "Mend Piece," which includes these instructions for the viewer: "TAKE YOUR FAVORITE CUP. BREAK IT IN MANY PIECES WITH A HAMMER."
MeyaK TIL that If you observe a a rainbow from an airplane (a glory), it will make a full circle, and you will always see the shadow of the plane in the center of the circle.