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TIL that the placebo effect can have measureable physical effects on the body such as immune response and inflammation

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kXW TIL that you is the formal version (like “Sie” in German or “lei” in Italien) and “thou” the informal version (like “Du” in German or “tu” in Italian). That makes English one of the most polite languages ever (repost after 2 years)
gmmW TIL that during the “Bailout” in 2008/09, the Federal Reserve lent out $16 TRILLION dollars directly to banks.
ykX TIL that there is a town in Michigan called Hell– and that anyone can be the mayor of Hell for a day by simply answering six questions.
7M5O TIL After working with Tom Cruise on the movie Collateral, Jada Pinkett, together with her husband Will Smith, donated $20.000 to a scientology homeschooling program and funded a scientology-affiliated private elementary school.
pxa4 TIL in ‘91, 8 people were sealed inside a 3 acre dome. The sealed structure housed 7 ecosystems: ocean, desert, savannah, rainforest, marsh, an area of intensive agriculture and a human habitat. The project was designed to see whether humans could survive and adapt.