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TIL strikebreakers are used more frequently in the United States than in any other industrialized nation

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786ox TIL the 8th Wisconsin "Iron Brigade" brought a live bald eagle into battle during the civil war. He went on to live at the Wisconsin State House until he died after a fire. It's still used by the 101st Airborne Division as a mascot.
5YZQp TIL that in 1939 an experiment was conducted at the University of Iowa on orphans in which the purpose was to induce stuttering in otherwise normally speaking children. Dubbed the "monster study", it caused lifelong psychological issues in some of the subjects.
EgWlW TIL China controls the companies that between them provide all the electricity to Lima, which is home to a third of the country’s population
oMjR TIL we often suffer from the illusion of transparency; we assume our emotions are more apparent to others than they really are. In experiments participants generally think others can tell they are nervous when giving a speech, but usually the observers are less aware of their anxiety than expected.
x61kB TIL Helsinki, Finland was used to film many Cold War era Hollywood movies when filming in the USSR was not possible. Examples include The Kremlin Letter (1970), Reds (1981), and Gorky Park (1983).