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TIL In the '80s there was an intense nationwide effort in China to study ESP among children

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1678 TIL that the Nazi eugenics programme was heavily influenced by the American one, and that prominent American scientists praised it.
yrJ TIL that Wayne’s World was filmed in 34 days
YywB TIL Bilbo Baggins’ home, “Bag End”, is a literal translation of “Cul-de-Sac”
gMNL9 TIL in the 1832 presidential election, Henry Clay won Maryland by 4 votes, or 0.01%. The record for the smallest margin of victory was only beaten by Florida in 2000.
E1kBx TIL in 2015 a man in Iowa stole a bag of dog poop out of a truck bed when he realized he couldn’t steal the truck. Said bag was valued at a whopping $1.