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TIL of the Orgone Accumulator, a device sold in the 1950s to allow a person sitting inside to attract orgone, a massless 'healing energy'. The FDA noted that one purchaser, a college professor, knew it was "phony" but found it "helpful because his wife sat quietly in it for four hours every day."

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nWoVo TIL The United States and India have the most total English speakers, with 306 million and 265 million. Followed by Pakistan (104 million), the United Kingdom (68 million), and Nigeria (60 million)
mpDO TIL that Julius Caesar’s body was the subject of the earliest known recorded autopsy. Of the 23 stab wounds recorded, only one was potentially fatal on its own; the physician ruled his death due “mostly to blood loss.”
KkRB TIL there is a 50 sq. mile area of the U.S. within Yellowstone National Park dubbed the “Zone of Death.” Legal scholars assert that due to certain technicalities involving finding a suitable jury, a person could potentially murder someone and not have to stand trial.
lobEN TIL Paul Rudd is 51
NXVk1 TIL 1 in 8 Americans aged 18-24 are NEETS(Not in education, employment, or training).