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TIL there was an experiment where three schizophrenic men who believed they were Jesus Christ were all put in one place to sort it out.

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P1LjJ TIL: About Earth trojans. Two asteroids that share our orbit, leading us around the sun.
OOma TIL during a training exercise in 1940, 2 Australian air force planes collided & locked together 1000ft in the air, yet pilot L. Fuller landed the entangled planes after all other trainees ejected. Fuller, aged 21, was commemorated, but died 4yrs later when his bicycle collided with a passenger bus.
OGEj6 TIL the US's primary defense against ICBMs has a success rate of just over 50%
e0LxL TIL prior to the Segway being unveiled in 2001 there were months of hype and fanciful predictions. Steve Jobs predicted future cities would be designed around it and others claimed it would be the most important invention since the computer. There was even speculation it was a teleportation pod.
rROJd TIL Pork rectums are ample substitutes for calamari and some places serve it as "imitation calamari"