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TIL Covert consciousness "is consciousness that cannot be detected by bedside examination. Studies . . . suggest that approximately 10 percent of those believed to be in a vegetative state or a low-level minimally conscious state . . . can actually follow commands during functional MRI or EEG tests"

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8apjL TIL of Thomas Fitzpatrick, who drunkenly stole a plane from New Jersey and landed on the street outside the bar in NYC where a patron didn't believe that he could get from New Jersey to the city in 15 minutes. Two years later he did it again after another bar patron didn't believe his first story.
LkPGP TIL about Confraternities of Nigeria- secretive groups that are sort of like college fraternities, except they have been known to kill people, terrorize professors and commit other acts of organized crime.
BgWRx TIL that although a 78 member congress governs Puerto Rico all 78 seats are held by "third parties," with zero Republicans & zero Democrats. Instead, the leading two parties are a "social liberalism" anti-statehood party & a one-issue pro-statehood party.
gxJL TIL There is a medical condition called “Megarectum,” where the rectum is chronically dilated an average of 3.5 inches and can hold at least 6.34 cups of fluid.
wL1Q6 TIL The battleship Imperator Aleksandr III was built by Imperial Russia, taken by Provisional Russia, given to Germany, given to Britain, given to White Russians, and then sold for scrap by the French. The ship guns were then sold to the Finns, stolen by Nazis, and returned to Russia after WW2.