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TIL that the “Somebody Else’s Problem” cloaking field described in the “Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” is based on a real psychological effect.

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v1EM8 TIL about the Loyal Wives of Weinsberg; were part of the surrender negotiation was that all women could leave with whatever they could carry and the defenders (men) would be imprisoned. The women carried their belongings and their husbands on their shoulders. Saving them from being imprisoned.