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TIL getting gasoline in your eyes isn't really any worse than getting pool water in your eyes.

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OonnL TIL World War I was the first war in which mass media and propaganda played a significant role. It was one the keys in convincing people to fight in the war. At the start of the war the British cut Germany’s undersea cables to influence the reporting of the war to the world.
6RaW TIL that the Catholic Church has an academy for sciences since 1607, called the Pontificate Academy of Science. They host meetings with scientists from all over the world to talk about the possibility of life beyond earth, the history of evolution, and much more.
M7vRa TIL The Gospel of Wealth, an essay written by Andrew Carnegie, launched the modern philanthropic movement. He believed the best way of dealing with wealth inequality was for the rich to utilize their money in a thoughtful manner and not in a way that encourages "the slothful, drunken, & unworthy".
j6Yov TIL that Terry Pratchett once changed his German publisher because they inserted a soup commercial into his books, and when confronted about it refused to promise that they wouldn't do it again.
7rjkL TIL that before adopting Greek gods, the Romans largely did not have named deities. Instead, they venerated ancestral spirits called ‘Manes’. Many had a house shrine and were honored yearly at the feasts of Parentalia and Feralia.