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TIL After the Siege of Leningrad was broken, the Soviets wanted to prosecute those who had resorted to cannibalism. However, so many were accused (over two thousand) that the NKVD had to divide them into two groups; ‘corpse-eating’ and 'person-eating’. The former were jailed, that later were shot

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QJ0bX TIL scientists debunked the “people look left when lying” myth by studying adults in press conferences appealing for info about missing family members. They tracked the eye movements of speakers later convicted of murdering the “missing” loved one.
Y7YmW TIL Philippa Schuyler was raised as a hybrid experiment by her parents to test if interracial kids could create a superior race. She had an IQ of 185, could read and write by age 2, and was a world-famous pianist by 8. Despite her genius, she struggled with her identity and died at 35 in Vietnam.
XE98 TIL “Shutter Island” is an anagram of “Truths and Lies” and “Truths / Denials.”
eDMn TIL When Steven Spielberg first showed John Williams a cut of Schindler’s List, Williams was so moved that he told Spielberg he deserved a better composer. Spielberg replied, “I know, but they’re all dead.”
R9Rj TIL Radox Spa commissioned a study to find the Top 9 most relaxing songs. The British Academy of Sound Therapy then teamed w/ Marconi Union to scientifically create the most calming song called Weightless. Using entrainment, your heart rate slows, and specific harmonic intervals create euphoria.