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JYKak TIL in 1974 Marina Abramovic completed a 6 hour performance art exhibit where she stood in front of a table of 72 objects (including a loaded gun) and let the audience do whatever they wanted with her. The purpose was to find out how far people are willing to go. Video describes her experience.
gMQn4 TIL it’s impossible to speak coherently if you hear your voice as feedback on a phone call, Zoom, etc. Delayed Auditory Feedback disrupts normal speech causing repetition of syllables, mispronunciations, and omissions. These effects are often referred to as “artificial stuttering”.
Ynkd TIL a high-school girl derived equations showing that in order to fold anything in half, it must be pi times longer than its thickness
N7kDN TIL: John Mulaney used to be neighbors with the 'Cannibal Cop' from New York.
d8mRZ TIL that a single gallon of anthrax, if distributed properly, is all it would take to kill everyone on Earth.