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TIL saying the same word over and over until it loses it’s meaning is a real thing called semantic satiation

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ZppdQ TIL while its location has never been set in DC canon and is based on NYC, Gotham City is traditionally set in New Jersey.
1ayNX TIL Paul McCartney played drums on the recording of 'The Ballad of John & Yoko'
oEeL TIL Haldane suffered perforated eardrums in his decompression chamber experiments upon which he stated, “the drum generally heals up; and if a hole remains in it, although one is somewhat deaf, one can blow tobacco smoke out of the ear in question, which is a social accomplishment.”
p8NN4 TIL cigarettes and tobacco use kill more Americans each year than alcohol, car accidents, suicide, AIDS, homicide, and illegal drugs combined.
0571 [TIL] Four months after shooting American Sniper Chris Kyle dead, Eddie Routh confessed “I was just riding in the back seat of the truck, and nobody would talk to me. They were just taking me to the range, so I shot them. I feel bad about it, but they wouldn’t talk to me.”