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TIL many people can't visualize mental images, which was a largely unstudied phenomenon and only given the term "aphantasia" in 2015.

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wLePW TIL: David Bowie's likeness was stolen for DC comic's version of Lucifer. Quote - "You must draw David Bowie. Find David Bowie, or I’ll send you David Bowie. Because if it isn’t David Bowie, you’re going to have to redo it until it is David Bowie"
gM5pA TIL Diogenes was a philosopher that peed on people he didn't like, loved to annoy Plato at any opportunity he got, and was by far the chillest guy in all of history.
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rRnyd TIL about unofficial medical jargon. FLK- "Funny Looking Kid” is one of the most common abbreviations used. FLK does not mean that the child looks comical but it refers to the child looking different from the norm.
8ajKP TIL the deadliest animal on Earth is the mosquito and they kill around 725,000 people annually. Humans are the second deadliest, killing 475,000 and they are followed by snakes with 50,000 and dogs with 25,000. On the other end of the spectrum sharks only kill about 10 people annually.