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TIL that as a teenager, Lou Reed’s parents made him undergo electroshock therapy 3 times a week in an attempt to cure him of his bisexuality

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oRk4Y TIL Red Delicious apples, now widely regarded as the worst variety of apples, used to actually be both red and delicious. Growers were paid based on an apple's color and level of bruising, so Red Delicious was artificially selected for tougher, redder skin, at the sacrifice of taste and texture.
GY9OQ TIL of Chiune Sugihara, who was a Japanese diplomat who saved 6,000 Jews during WWII by issuing them transit visas, risking his own career and life to save others.
lo461 TIL that overzealous organ-donation companies removing body parts before an autopsy have made multiple causes of death have become impossible to determine
XEBvj TIL as part of the Imperial Examination in Ming and Qing dynasty China, candidates would bring stationery, food, water, bedding and a chamber pot to be isolated with in a tiny room for 3 days and 2 nights to write essays. If any died, the bodies were simply wrapped in a mat and tossed over the wall.
p8jDN TIL the local government of the area where "Parasite" was shot is now planning to turn the set into a "Parasite" experience tourism facility.