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TIL the "tail suspension test" is one method researchers use to measure depression in rats. Subjects are hung upside down by their tails and timed to measure how long it takes the rat to stop struggling and accept its fate.

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4k8La TIL about eunus. A Roman slave from Syria who claimed to be a prophet of the goddess atargatis and led the slaves in revolt during the first servile war. He proclaimed himself king, took over several cities around Sicily and succeeded in defeating the Roman’s for several years before being defeated.
E1kLw TIL In 1967's West Germany, a student that protested the ruler of Persia was shot dead by police, which sparked mass-demonstrations and unrest across the whole republic. Decades later it was revealed that the policeman responsible for the killing was actually an East German secret agent.
lPNr TIL Peter Francisco, known as the Virginia Giant, was a Goliath-like soldier in the American Revolutionary War. Because of his prowess, George Washongton once said the war might have been lost without his efforts.
D1gNg TIL that when told that Captain Picard drank a lot of tea, Patrick Stewart suggested the character should drink lapsang souchong (a variety favored by Winston Churchill). The producers were afraid that audience members wouldn’t know what it was, so they made him change it to Earl Grey.
bB6Q TIL Jamie Foxx used his OWN horse in Django Unchained, and his name is Cheetah.