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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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woGV1 TIL Between 1975 and 2010, the population of India doubled to 1.2 billion, reaching the billion mark in 2000. India overtook China to become the most populous country at the end of April 2023. India's population stands at slightly over 1.428 billion, edging past China's 1.425 billion people.
D15Qg TIL Tori Amos taught herself to play piano at the age of 2, and started composing at the age of 3. She was admitted into the Peabody Conservatory at the age of 5, but lost the scholarship six years later, reportedly due to her dislike for using sheet music and interest in rock and pop music.
7rXGP TIL US war dogs were designated as expendable equipment and were either euthanized or turned over to an allied army prior to the US departure from South Vietnam.
jGAX TIL IBM’s artificially intelligent computer, Watson, learned to swear using the Urban Dictionary. Later, the Urban Dictionary was removed from its database and a swear filter was installed.
nWL1P TIL Black Americans are almost three times as likely to be vegan or vegetarian as other Americans