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TIL about Boanthropy, a rare psychological disorder where people believe they are cows

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P11bJ TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte sniffed over seven pounds of snuff a month.
1aPVV TIL: The Beatles had an 'everyman' (Mal Evans, seen in Get Back) who did everything from roadie work to bodyguarding to even performing and just a few years after they broke up he was shot to death by the LAPD.
7rMBO TIL: In France, there is a law that movies cannot appear on streaming services until 3 YEARS after they've been shown in cinemas
wLbNo TIL butterflies do not urinate or defecate, but the caterpillar almost continually defecates. When there are enough caterpillars in the same place, their defecation is audible.
5Vrxk TIL about the "boiling frog", an apologue describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to or be aware of sinister threats that arise gradually rather than suddenly.