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TIL The only one who has been punished because of USA’s tortue scandal is the one who told the press about it

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xM0g TIL Not Using Turn Signals Causes More Accidents than Distracted Driving
VBMMk TIL that the Stanford Prison Experiment was ended because the principle researcher's girlfriend, a psychologist in her own right, observed the experiment and told him it was wrong and that she didn't like him because of it--not because he determined of his own accord that it was unethical
4kKgX TIL: Black Sabbath, the band credited with releasing the first Heavy Metal album, got the idea to create "scary music" after realizing people pay money to watch horror films and visit haunted houses.
0wxvL TIL that most of Hawaii's male prison population are housed in Eloy, Arizona by contract. The guards must take a Hawaiian diversity training class.
wLgeM TIL Between 17th and 19th centuries, instead of getting divorced, English men would sold their wives to the highest bidder, similar to cattle auctions