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TIL that a study in 1974, to test if leading questions can distort eyewitness testimony, indicated that indeed "the questions asked subsequent to an event can cause a reconstruction in one’s memory of that event."

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Y78Dr TIL Edmund Hillary (first person to summit Mt Everest) was scheduled to serve as a guide for a flight over Antarctica on Air New Zealand Flight 901, but canceled to instead embark on a US speaking tour. Flight 901 ended up crashing into Mt Erebus, killing all onboard.
yVPLw TIL consumption of crickets, mealworms or other insects can trigger an allergic reaction in people with shellfish allergies. This is true even for farm or pet store workers with occupational exposure to crickets.
6dOQ TIL Rick Moranis (Spaceballs, Ghostbusters, Honey I Shrunk the Kids) was a rapper
x6XB5 TIL in the 1600s Kimpa Vita, an aristocrat in the Kongo Empire - the most powerful in Central Africa - started a new version of Catholicism: Antonianism. Gaining thousands of converts from peasantry and nobility, she took over the capital city of Sao Salvador. Aged 22, she burned at the stake.
aRp0 TIL that at the surrender of the American Civil War, the Union troops began to cheer but Grant silenced them immediately. He later stated that “The Confederates were now our countrymen, and we did not want to exult over their downfall,”