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TIL about the Streisand effect, phenomenon in which an attempt to censor, hide, or otherwise draw attention away from something only serves to attract more attention to it.

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xV9Go TIL that in Kuwait in 1991, ten Iraqi soldiers surrendered to two American journalists that they came across. They were cold and underfed and had buried their guns. They wanted to be taken prisoner so they could get food and water. The journalists obliged and then took them to a Saudi army unit.
1EGD TIL that when Einstein arrived in Paris by train in 1922,many high profile reporters, diplomats were waiting for him on the platform. Instead, he sneaked out the back car and off down the tracks, laughing “like a child”.
Vx54 TIL, when Carl Linnaeus was in Hamburg, the mayor proudly showed him the remains of a seven-headed hydra. Linnaeus found out the remains were fake and made it public. As a result Linnaeus was forced to leave Hamburg immediately, as he crushed the mayor´s dream of selling the hydra for a large sum.
l791N TIL of Julio Aparicio, a spanish matador who was gored through his throat and out of his mouth. He managed to survive.
d80o9 Your dog could go vegan and still stay healthy.