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TIL about Benjamin Careathers, an american man who sued RedBull in 2015, stating that after 10 years of consuming the product, he received no wings, or enhanced physical or intellectual performance.

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oRe5L Today I learned that the opposite of the placebo effect is called the nocebo effect, and occurs when a patient, believing he is taking a drug, is likely to recreate, by suggestion, side effects he may have heard about, or simply read about on the médication package.
8O1X TIL a Cleveland woman who was arrested for a traffic infraction was ordered to stand on a corner during rush hour for two days holding a sign that read “Only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus.”
D14rV TIL one Canadian group controls 72% of the maple syrup supply in the world
p8YYO TIL many vessels have a figure of a bare-breasted woman on the bow of the ship because her nakedness would "shame" an angry sea into calm.
5Yrwr TIL About the Wick Effect, when a human body is destroyed by fire due to their clothing having soaked up melted human fat which then acts like the wick of a candle – external heat/fire sources warm the body and then ignite it. It has been touted as an explanation for spontaneous human combustion.