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TIL: Two psychologists were paid $81 million by the CIA to advise on and help implement torture.

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O4D7 TIL Marvel Comics created a superhero, Blue Ear, specifically for a 4 year old boy who was uncomfortable wearing hearing aids, which he needed. The boy told his mom “Superheroes don’t wear hearing aids” so Marvel created one.
X01E8 TIL that in response to fans demanding the show Metalpocalipse be continued, Adult Swim set up a live stream of the a fax machine printing the petition to bring back the show… only for the faxes to be dropped straight into a trash bin.
kOWO7 TIL the creepy 4 note melody from Frozen 2's "Into the Unknown" is actually from a 13th century Gregorian funeral chant called Dies Irae, and has been used in many movies from The Nightmare Before Christmas to The Shining to End of Days
Mnom TIL a man staying in an inward-looking hotel room at Rogers Centre (Toronto) was caught masturbating during a baseball game in full view of the stands, thinking the windows were one-way. Patrons must now sign contracts stipulating that they will not perform lewd acts within view of the stadium.
epAK5 TIL dub reggae music was made by mistake when King Tubby, Bunny Lee and others were at the Treasure Islands studio and the engineer, while mixing, forgot to put the voice on a track.