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TIL: Not everyone can visualize places or objects in their mind

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5Yy1r TIL that a majority of confederate monuments were erected decades after the South lost the Civil War
e6yE TIL that the czech secret police used fake border posts to convince refugees they successfully fled the country. Afterwards they were interviewed by fake US personal to find out who else wanted to flee. A lot of refugees were talked into leaving the country by agent provocateurs to begin with
4VaX TIL Apple doesn’t pay for product placement in TV and movies, yet it’s products appeared in 891 tv shows in 2011 alone.
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