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TIL Study Shows We Are Born Creative Geniuses But The ‘Education’ System Dumbs Us Down

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R7ZY1 TIL the USSR tried to blackmail a gay US journalist with photos of him having sex with a Soviet spy, but he refused to cooperate and reported the incident to the CIA. When the Soviets sent the photos to prominent journalists, they all refused to out him.
krBB TIL a drug known as “reverse marijuana” exists, which induces a pharmacological response exactly opposite to that of THC: suppresses appetite, betters short-term memory, etc.
R74M1 TIL Killer whales go through menopause to avoid competition with daughters. This may shed light on why menopause exists at all.
6gpZ TIL that for a brief time, the US Playing Card Company released a 65 card deck that included a fifth suit, a Green Eagle, that was ranked higher than spades.
4kBXb TIL that in 2009 the US launched a satellite so secret that no government agency admits to owning it. Even the name, "Palladium at Night", is mysterious.