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TIL Due to a Forged Document, the Catholic Church claimed ownership of Europe until 1440 A.D.

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Z8wM4 TIL about the Falkland Islands. These islands were covered by landmines in 1982 when Argentina invaded because they wanted to control them. Because of this certain areas of the islands became untouched leading to the penguin population to thrive because they aren't heavy enough to set the mines off.
6EJbZ TIL that the American Academy of Pediatrics advises that one should never spank their children or verbally abuse them, ever.
oBLGR TIL that in 1987 107 people in Canada suffered from amnesiac shellfish poisoning after eating contaminated mussels. Symptoms included diarrhea, cramps and, permanent short term memory loss.
JYMdj TIL that knowing something "By Heart" actually means to have a complete understanding of something before you commit it to memory, not that you have something completely memorized.
9wkap TIL about Bicameral Mentality, a hypothesis which argues that the human mind once operated in a state in which cognitive functions were divided between one part of the brain which appears to be “speaking”, and a second part which listens and obeys.