Collection of interesting facts found on the internet, which may inspire you, astonish you or make you think deeply about life.
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Project ARTICHOKE was a 1950's CIA project to try to get an individual to perform involuntary acts / get control of an individual to do their bidding against that individual's will (exploring hypnosis, forced morphine addiction, dengue fever and LSD)
When the Nazis burned Sigmund Freud's books he said,
"What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now, they are content with burning my books."
"What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now, they are content with burning my books."
Keanu Reeves often foregoes some of his paycheck so that producers can bring on other notable actors.
On The Devil's Advocate, he reduced his salary by a few million $ so that they could afford Al Pacino.
On The Devil's Advocate, he reduced his salary by a few million $ so that they could afford Al Pacino.
A principal once punished a mischievous student by making him read the U.S. Constitution in a basement until he could recite it.
The student, Thurgood Marshall, would go on to become the first black associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
The student, Thurgood Marshall, would go on to become the first black associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Apes don't ask questions. While apes can learn sign language and communicate using it, they have never attempted to learn new knowledge by asking humans or other apes.
They don't seem to realize that other entities can know things they don't.
They don't seem to realize that other entities can know things they don't.
Max Planck was told by his professor to not go into Physics because "almost everything is already discovered".
Planck said he didn't want to discover anything, just learn the fundamentals. He went on to originate quantum theory and win a Nobel Prize.
Planck said he didn't want to discover anything, just learn the fundamentals. He went on to originate quantum theory and win a Nobel Prize.
In ancient Rome, commoners would evacuate entire cities in acts of revolt called "Secessions of the Plebeians", leaving the elite in the cities to fend for themselves
Quebec banned ads for toys and fast food aimed at children under 13, resulting in lowered childhood obesity rates. 
Volvo opened up the patent for three-point seatbelt cause "it had more value as a free life saving tool than something to profit from"
If you publish a book in Norway, the government will buy 1000 copies (1,500 if a children's book) and distribute them to libraries throughout the country.
CIA revealed a "heart attack" gun in 1975. A battery operated gun which fired a dart of frozen water & shellfish toxin.
Once inside the body it would melt leaving only a small red mark on the victim where it entered. The official cause of death would always be a heart attack.
Once inside the body it would melt leaving only a small red mark on the victim where it entered. The official cause of death would always be a heart attack.
The refrain “when one door closes, another opens" is actually an Alexander Graham Bell quote which he followed by saying
"but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”
"but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”
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