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TIL That psychopaths gravitate towards dogs because they are obedient and easy to manipulate. They aren’t sad when they hear of people dying but get upset when dogs die.

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6Eapw TIL in the 1950s, a researcher was designing army airplane seats for an 'average' pilot based on measurements from 1000s of airmen, only to discover this theoretical 'average' he'd derived wouldn't fit any of them. This realization led to adjustable seats, foot pedals, helmet straps and flight suits
6dwQ TIL The idea of carrots improving eyesight was RAF propaganda to hide from the Nazis the fact they had new radar technology
EvPx TIL in 1973 the USA helped overthrow the elected democratic socialist president Allende in Chile and replaced it with a dictatorship
9wKBM TIL Canadian authorities established D’Arcy Island as a leprosy colony, where mostly Chinese men were quarantined and left to die between 1891 to 1924
GAl54 TIL: In 2002, Kenya formally donated 14 cows to the US as a way to show compassion to them after the 9/11 tragedy.