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TIL about Jerusalem syndrome - whereby a person who seems previously balanced and devoid of any signs of psychopathology can become psychotic after arriving in Jerusalem. It is not endemic to one single religion or denomination affecting Jews, Christians, and Muslims of many different backgrounds.

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oBO8 TIL In 2001 Kim ‘Dotcom’ purchased €375,000 of shares of a nearly bankrupt company, announced he would invest €50 million in the company, and caused the share value to jump nearly 300% . He sold his shares a few days later for €1,568,000. He’d never had the money available to invest.
gMaPX TIL that comedian Gilbert Gottfried's sister, Arlene Gottfried, was a famed New York City street photographer with multiple acclaimed books and photo essays.
a1pM TIL that HAL9000 in the 2001: A Space Odyssey sings “Daisy, Daisy…” when he gets turned off beacuse it was the first song ever to be sang by a computer (in 1961 by IBM7094)
N7mBE TIL The National Spelling Bee titled 8 Co-Champions after running out of words in a 3.5 Hour Final. Starting with 562 Contestants, the Final Eight continued for 20 Straight Rounds of Spelling Words without any errors.
oDmA TIL The Three Alls Policy was a Japanese scorched earth policy adopted in China during World War II, the three “alls” being “kill all, burn all, loot all.” The Policy, sanctioned by Emperor Hirohito himself, was responsible for the deaths of “more than 2.7 million” Chinese civilians.