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TIL that the Red carpet culture dates back to ancient Greece. Earliest mention being in the play Agamemnon, where the “Crimson path” was to signify the stature, as it was luxury fit only for the gods.

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aRRL TIL of the Golem Effect, the principle that we essentially meet the negative expectations held by those superior to us such as management, teachers, parents etc.
yQK5v TIL of a surgery with a 300% mortality rate. During an amputation, Dr. Robert Liston accidentally cut his assistant's fingers off and later slashed an observer's coat. The observer, thinking he'd been stabbed, dropped dead of shock, and the patient and assistant died afterwards of infected wounds.
mxXYM TIL that although they live in a climate inhospitable to crop development, the Inuit do not suffer from vitamin C deficiency (scurvy) due to their diet of frozen and raw fish and mammal organs. By not cooking the food, the vitamin C is not broken down and can be absorbed by the human body.
KOlgR TIL out of the 3 volunteers who went in 1986 on a suicide mission to open the valves of the pool at the Chernobyl plant 2 are actually still alive
6E1jl TIL Shortly after Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Iran from exile in 1979, he issued a fatwa ordering that Jews and other minorities (except Bahá'ís) be treated well. To this day, Jews are officially recognized and protected by the Iranian government.