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TIL Mean World Syndrome is a phenomenon whereby violence-related content of mass media makes viewers believe that the world is more dangerous than it actually is.

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GY4Q7 TIL about “War Babies” a very odd short film from 1934 that featured a bunch of toddlers in diapers acting out creepily grown-up plots. Shirley Temple does stuff like trade kisses for lollipops and says things like “I’m expensive.” Video is in the link.
XEEoR TIL that there is a faction of Jews that believe that Jesus is the Messiah.
DaD TIL: Old Crow Medicine Show’s “Wagon Wheel” was originally an unfinished song by Bob Dylan
OG8yg TIL breast milk changes composition when the baby is sick.
6EWGm TIL that Baby Oil is not made from babies but rather mostly from mineral oil or vegetable oil