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TIL about the existence of a symbol for ?!, the interrobang
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TIL that there is something called the Capgras Syndrome where a person has an irrational belief that a familiar person like a family or friend has been replaced with an exact duplicate, in other words, an impostor.
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TIL about Robert Brecheen, a convicted murderer who attempted suicide by overdose just prior to his execution in 1995, but he was found, revived and treated at a local hospital until he was better, then returned to prison and executed.
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TIL: Mormons/LDS church baptized Hitler, Elvis, Ann Frank, Princess Diana, Pope John Paul II, Ghandi, and others into their religion because their religion knows neither shame nor respect for other persons systems of belief. If you died famous, they’ve done “baptisms for the dead” on you already.
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TIL about Beverley Shenstone, a Canadian engineer who actively sought employment in Germany, because he thought they were leading the field in aeronautics. He worked for Junkers and met with leading German engineers. He was later an important contributor to the design of the Spitfire.
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TIL Olivia Newton-John was the granddaughter of German physicist and Nobel Prize laureate Max Born.