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TIL that a mirror is used to treat phantom-limb pain (Pain in a limb that was amputated but the brain still thinks is attached)

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y0Yv TIL that in 1978 the United States Congress passed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. This allowed the formation of secret courts that can issue warrants and monitor people all over the world.
W9L8 TIL that the last words of Norman Douglas, a British author most known for the 1917 novel ‘South Wind’, were “Get those fucking nuns away from me.”
QJr69 TIL Compared to older students, students who are relatively younger at school entry tend to have worse academic performance and lower levels of income.
K5lB TIL of the Laha Massacre where Japanese forces picked 300 Australian and Dutch POWs at random in February 1942 and executed them in revenge for the sinking of a Japanese ship. Surviving crew members of the sunken ship took part in the killings.
J1Y8j TIL that Kmart is actually still VERY alive and well in Australia and NZ. They use the old, old logo and must not be affiliated with Sears/Kmart in US, and apparently do very well.