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TIL that a case of mass hallucinations and insanity in a small French village in 1951 may have been caused by a secret CIA LSD experiment called Project Span

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WkDN TIL that the United States dropped from 17th to 47th place, in the Press Freedom Index since 2002.
ANZnB TIL most women have one breast that's larger than the other, with 65% reporting a smaller right breast. Theories as to why this includes women preferring to nurse on their left side, which results in that side producing more milk, and immune hypersensitivity being higher on the left side of the body
0dr6j TIL: Financial literacy, knowledge of savings, debt, interest rates, etc, has been dropping each generation. Gen Z only answered 28% of the questions correctly, but were confident in their financial self beliefs in comparison. This was supported through dozens of studies.
rNkWw TIL Jalapeños from major US agriculture companies have been intentionally bred to be less spicy because their largest buyers (other food manufacturers) prefer them as mild as possible so they can add capsaicin extract and have direct control over the spice level.
WaeY TIL that the camel spider, also known as a wind scorpion, is neither a spider nor a scorpion