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TIL of the Asch conformity experiments, which demonstrated how social pressure can change even our perception of seemingly objective facts.

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JlwQ TIL that people drink aloe vera juice because they believe it will boost their immune system, even though one of the main side effects is diarrhea.
BAKL TIL that Walt Disney loved trains since he was a teenager and occasionally donned an engineer’s outfit and drove the Disneyland railroad’s locomotives when they were pulling trains with passengers on board.
pg1b TIL that Domino’s dropped its “30 minutes or less” guarantee in the US in 1993 after a series of lawsuits accused the company of promoting unsafe driving.
1kD TIL Volkswagen used to award savings bonds to babies born in beetles.
pk8Z TIL that in 2000 a Mexican woman, Inés Ramírez, was forced to resort to self-surgery – a Caesarean section – because of lack of medical assistance during a difficult labour. She took 3 shots of hard liquor, then performed the surgery herself with a kitchen knife.