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TIL a woman with prosopometamorphopsia had a history of seeing people's faces morph into dragon-like faces. After a few minutes, she'd see faces turn black, grow long, pointy ears & a protruding snout, & display a reptiloid skin & huge eyes in a bright color. Treatment eventually helped control it.

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m1nPo TIL that Portugal once had a dead queen declared as ruler. In the 14th century, after the death of Inês de Castro, King Pedro I posthumously declared her queen and had her crowned, insisting that courtiers pay homage to her corpse at her coronation.
90y7 TIL that a 51 year old Brazilian priest strapped himself on a chair with 1000 balloons. He got lost at sea and later died.
5VQ1k TIL that Windows has an emoji panel if you hit the window button + the period or semicolon button, which can add even complex emojis to text. (⌐■_■)
j69BE TIL that octopuses have three hearts, and two of them stop beating when they swim.
R7Oy6 TIL in 2018 a French historical theme park named Puy du Fou trained six Rooks, a member of the crow family, to pick up cigarette butts and trash. When one of them takes a piece of trash to a special box the device dispenses bird food.