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TIL that there's a condition called Fregoli delusion, where individuals believe that different people they meet are actually the same person in disguise.

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e0GxJ TIL that the town of Times Beach, Missouri had to be completed evacuated in 1985 and demolished in 1992, at the order of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, due to its soil being contaminated by dioxin
LQLAP TIL About The Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum which is housed in a converted brassiere factory, located in McLean, Texas. It was officially opened in 1991 and focuses on barbed wire and its history. The museum is thought to have the largest collection of published material concerning barbed wire.
JYDA8 TIL Research shows that taller people are happier but shorter people live longer
mxPPO TIL that Italian law states that only products totally made in Italy (planning, manufacturing and packaging) are allowed to use the label Made in Italy compared with "Made in Germany" (all essential manufacturing steps) or "Made in the USA" (virtually all). Abuse is punished by the Italian law.
R5Rk6 TIL - An Italian man from Milan, Xu Xiangshun (his legal Chinese name) ended up in China's countryside when he was around 3 and pretty much adopted the full Chinese peasant lifestyle. He doesn't know any Italian or have a clue about its culture.