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TIL the Backfire Effect occurs when, in the face of contradictory evidence, established beliefs do not change but actually get stronger

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8apmK TIL that in 1937 a newspaper published a full-page map predicting Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
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.
907G TIL there’s a bracelet with a white bead that carries water from Mt. Everest and on the opposite side, a black bead which contains mud from the Dead Sea (the highest and lowest points on Earth)
eeD5 TIL that Rod Serling, the creator of The Twilight Zone, saw his friend get decapitated by a supply drop in World War 2. This event would give him inspiration in many of his scripts and stories.
mEPy TIL only one of the 40,000 American soldiers who deserted during World War II was punished by execution