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TIL The Nazis used tickling as a form of torture

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W7mL TIL that a mathematically viable explanation for the complete indistinguishability of electrons is that they are all the same particle moving forward and backward through time
4XJJo TIL A study conducted on basketball matches looked at the effect of abusive spectators on the performance of players; it noted that when the crowd was being anti-social and abusive, the home team made far more violations than the visiting team.
QNvvk TIL in March 1933 The Enabling Act became law in Germany, giving the chief executive power enforce his own laws without checks and balances. The passing of the Act marked the formal transition from democratic republic to totalitarian dictatorship. 6 months later, it was a 1 party state.
dD0pQ TIL when tea leaves are exposed to various light wavelengths, drastic shifts in taste and aroma occurs
b9Pp0 TIL:word mummy derives from Arabic word "mumiya" a substance which was used as a medicine .Bitumen, another substance was used in process of mummfication had a similar name"mumia".Europeans confused the words and thought "mumiya" refers to real mummies and thus started eating mummies as medicine