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TIL mussels, which you eat, start out life as parasites

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oZvK Today I learned that when maverick Scottish Psychiatrist R.D. Laing faced a naked schizophrenic woman rocking silently to and fro in a padded cell, he took off his own clothes and sat next to her, rocking to the same rhythm until she spoke for the first time in months.
v1Bg7 TIL Jeffery Dahmer's 1st murder was committed just 3 weeks after graduating H.S. in 1978. The murder of Steven Mark Hicks wouldn't come to light until the 1990's after Dahmer had murdered 16 more people and was finally in police custody.
m1Xx TIL that the first Pong machine was constructed with a $75 Hitachi TV, and placed in a bar. Several days later, it broke down because the quarter bin had over-flowed and jammed up the mechanics.
Z8jx4 TIL that an Indian with an advanced degree who wants to immigrate to the US has a waiting time over 150 years before they can get a green card and be allowed to immigrate
wMgP TIL: Having a child can have a pretty strong negative impact on a person’s happiness. On average, the effect of a new baby on a person’s life in the first year is worse than divorce, worse than unemployment and worse even than the death of a partner.