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TIL billiards can refer to any kind of tabletop game played with a cue stick and cue ball, while pool largely means a game with pockets

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kyg1 TIL about the Rosenhan experiment, in which a Stanford psychologist and his associates faked hallucinations in order to be admitted to psychiatric hospitals. They then acted normally. All were forced to admit to having a mental illness and agree to take antipsychotic drugs in order to be released.
a1AA TIL Harriet Tubman was brain-damaged at a young age. She acquired narcolepsy, a sign of hippocampal deterioration. Her owner listed her as disabled. She claimed to receive visions and prophesies from God.
rNylw TIL there's an annual lying contest in England called "The World's Biggest Liar." Held in Cumbria, contestants vie to tell the most convincing lie within 5 minutes. Politicians and lawyers are barred from participating due to their reputed skill in deception.
7ovP TIL Ed Sheeran Sheeran sang over the phone for a 15-year-old fan dying from complications of cystic fibrosis, who died in her sleep minutes later.
Ooab6 TIL Sara Bareilles wrote "Love Song" in response to her record label demanding that she write a "marketable love song"