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TIL A study found that people would rather give themselves electric shocks than sit in the silence of their thoughts

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R7N59 TIL Macy's originally agreed to be the department store in "Elf" however one stipulation was that Santa couldn't be revealed as a fake. Jon Favreau was unwilling to change the content so he changed the store to "Gimbel's" and filmed it in the cafeteria of a Vancouver mental hospital.
JYn5Q TIL Nero's Golden Palace was forgotten until an Italian teenager fell into an underground room filled with painted figures. The shocking discovery attracted contemporaries Michelangelo and Raphael, who carved their names on the walls to pay respect.
8aRwV TIL Over 14,000 high-resolution photos from Apollo missions 7 to 17 have been uploaded to Flickr by a group of enthusiasts, scanned from the original astronauts' camera film magazines.
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N769P TIL The WW2 Luftwaffe Dormier Do 17 bomber had a flamethrower installed in the rear. Due to insufficient oxygen mix, it never worked, and only shot oil.