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TIL a prototype testing platform has been built by Chinese scientists for a magnetic levitation train that could travel up to 2900 km/h and take you from Paris to Moscow in just 1 hour.

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lZ85 TIL UB40’s “Tyler” is about Gary Tyler, who was sentenced to death at age 17 for a murder he didn’t commit, and even though his trial was ruled “fundamentally unfair”, is still serving jail time to date
X0YvP TIL about the Skoptsy, an 18th century Russian Christian sect. They were best known for practicing castration/mastectomies/FGM in accordance with their teachings against lust. The belief originated in a mistranslation of a biblical command as “castrate yourselves” rather than “be fruitful”.
l71mG TIL "DARVO" is a reaction pattern recognized by some researchers as common when abusers are held accountable for their behavior: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim & Offender. It was first theorized in 1997 by Jennifer Freyd who called it "frequently used and effective."
oRW58 TIL that aphids reproduce asexually in the spring and summer (producing only females that are clones of their mothers), but reproduce sexually in the autumn (producing both males and females)
ZWBD TIL that in 1942 a Finnish sound engineer secretly recorded 11 minutes of a candid conversation between Adolf Hitler and Finnish Defence Chief Gustaf Mannerheim before being caught by the SS. It is the only known recording of Hitler’s normal speaking voice. (11 min, english translation)