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TIL that anorexics score an average of 6-11 points higher on IQ tests than the general population

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4XwNJ TIL that in 1920 a 4th century lead tablet was discovered in which Silvanus asked the god Nodens to curse the thief that stole his ring. The ring, interestingly, has been identified as one found 130km from the tablet 200 years prior.
d80Vj TIL in 1987 a robbery suspect fled, half naked, into a showing of RoboCop in order to escape police. He became so engrossed in the movie he failed to notice police had evacuated the theater. It wasn’t until the the lights were turned on that the stunned man was taken into custody.
vmdx TIL every scene in Fight Club has a cup of Starbucks coffee in it, except the one where the coffee shop was destroyed.
DQYxp Today I learned Salvador Dali found a thrill in torturing and killing living things, both animals and humans. He tried to kill his sister and one of his lovers. And he tortured and killed animals.
GA1eN TIL the modern gas container, the jerry can, was invented in 1937 Germany. In the start of WWII, the UK used leaky, flimsy tin containers called "flimsies" but soon captured jerry cans and the Allies started copying the German design