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TIL the CIA used the song "The Real Slim Shady" by Eminem to psychologically torture inmates at a secret US prison. After 20 days of playing the song on repeat, one inmate described others as "screaming and smashing their heads against the walls."

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Y7Q4v Today I learned that leaves can be and are used as musical instruments in some countries, with a sound similar to a kazoo.
AD17n TIL that Kartik Naach is a dance musical play that is performed every month of Kartik (October or November) in Nepal.
gMyN7 TIL that Spain was pro-Hitler and provided volunteer forces to help Hitler fend off the USSR
exVb TIL the Proboscis monkey’s Malay name means Dutch Monkey because locals remarked that the Dutch colonisers often had similarly large bellies and noses.
ne4vr TIL that the Schwarzschild Radius is the size an object is compressed in order to make it a black hole. Earth’s Schwarzschild Radius would be compressing it to 8.7 mm, which is about the size of a peanut.