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TIL about Zersetzung, a psychological warfare technique by which the Stasi repressed opponents in East Germany by methods such as gaslighting or spreading rumors

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rRZM4 TIL that Quentin Tarantino dug up and used actual KHJ radio broadcasts from 1968 and 69, along with commercials, for the soundtrack to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He sifted through 17 hours of airchecks to find the tracks he wanted to put in the film
4kKDb TIL that The Toba eruption was a supervolcano eruption that occurred around 74,000 years ago leading to reducing human population to a very small population of between 1,000 and 10,000 breeding pairs ,all of today's humans are descended from this tiny surviving group.
PbWn TIL that in 1942, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT introduced a bill in which raised the marginal tax rate for salaries exceeding $25,000 (after tax) to 100%, thereby limiting salaries to $25,000 (about $361,000 today). CREATING A MAXIMUM WAGE.
pDKO TIL there is a clock being made to tick for 10,000 years and play different melodies every time the bells chime.
QLaX TIL that when siamese twin Daisy Hilton died, her sister Violet remained alive and attached to her for several days before they were both found dead.