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TIL the Monster Study was an experiment designed to induce stuttering in otherwise normal-speaking orphan children. Some of the children were praised for their speech, while others ridiculed and belittled… these children later developed speech problems that lasted their entire life.

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OoKNR TIL that while many places around the world are conversing on whether certain statues should be allowed to exist. A 40m (131 feet) tall statue of Ghengis Khan, who is responsible for the deaths of approximately 40 million people, stands in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
naL7 TIL Daylight Savings Time was originally started to conserve energy, but has since become obsolete.
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ANdo7 TIL the Palmarian Catholic Church, a heretical sect, founded in Spain in 1978, claims to be the true Catholic Church with its own line of popes, starting with Clemente Domínguez, and imposes cult-like restrictions on its members, including bans on television, smartphones, and contact with outsiders.