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TIL that the Brazilian village of Candido Godoi, 7k inhabitants mostly of German descent, have the greatest birth rate of twins in the world (1/5 births). Some believe it is the result of genetic experiments of nazi medic Mengele, notorious for his obsession with creating an Aryan race.

by whatilearned January 20, 2023, 3:26 pm

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UCSF apologizes for ‘unethical’ experiments with mosquitoes and pesticides on prisoners decades ago

by HistoryBuff December 28, 2022, 12:37 am

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A summary of Ilya Ivanov’s “humanzee experiments”

by HistoryBuff November 28, 2022, 6:23 pm

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What are some of the creepiest experiments ever done in human history?

by QuestionGuy November 28, 2022, 11:12 am

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A rabbit is captured and taken to a medical laboratory to be used for experiments . . .

by cringeyjokesman November 15, 2022, 2:27 pm

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TIL that James Lovelock, an English scientist, performed experiments regarding the cryopreservation of small rodents. His work found that hamsters could successfully be revived with no adverse effects after having 60% of the fluids in their brain frozen. The hamsters were thawed using microwaves.

by whatilearned November 6, 2022, 2:20 pm

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TIL that ethologist John B. Calhoun created “rat utopias” in order to conduct over-population experiments between 1958 and 1962. Ultimately, the experiments ended in societal collapse.

by whatilearned October 27, 2022, 3:33 pm

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TIL: Special Relativity arose from experiments failing to detect Luminiferous Aether

by whatilearned October 25, 2022, 1:53 pm

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TIL that in a series of experiments in the 1950s, Solomon Asch asked a group of actors and a single test subject what the longest line was in a “vision test”. The actors would intentionally answer incorrectly, causing the subject to also answer incorrectly, despite it being very obvious.

by whatilearned October 24, 2022, 11:55 pm

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TIL about a set of reports known as ‘The Family Jewels’ detailing illegal activities conducted by the the CIA from 1959 to 1973 including funding of behavior modification research on unwitting US citizens, including unscientific, non-consensual human experiments.

by whatilearned September 15, 2022, 9:27 pm

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TIL that the US not only waived the war crime charges of Unit 731 of Japan but also paid them 150,000-200,000 yen (around $150,000-$300,000 today) in return for their scientific experiments

by whatilearned September 11, 2022, 5:33 pm

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What are some really messed up experiments done in the name of science?

by QuestionGuy September 4, 2022, 11:04 am

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