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TIL in Algeria, women make up 60% of judges and 70% of lawyers

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0dAyp TIL That the 1995 Sci-Fi Classic 12 Monkeys is Inspired by/Adapted from the 1962 Experimental Film La Jetée, Which is Told Almost Entirely in Still Images and Narrative Voice Over
b6oNQ TIL Hoarding Disorder was not recognized as a disorder until the DSM 5 came out in 2013. Many believe the show Hoarders which came out in 2006 influenced considerable scientific research leading to it's official inclusion in the DSM.
X0gQr TIL about the Nordic Model
NXwlQ TIL about the "invisible wall," an anomaly where workers encountered a strange "invisible wall" in the area under a fast-moving sheet of electrically charged polypropelene film in a factory. This "invisible wall" was strong enough to prevent humans from passing through.
NXAL8 TIL in WW2, a German interrogator realised the best way to get information from prisoners was through kindness