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TIL that many people are convinced that they saw a movie in the 90's called Shazaam, starring Sinbad. This movie doesn't actually exist and is an example of a shared false memory.

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9Ypvm TIL a region in Brazil is home to the remnants of two native tribes, consisting of four and five people, respectively, who “speak mutually unintelligible languages, but are linked by marriage,” as well as “an unknown man who lives alone and is thought the be the last survivor of a different tribe.”
7rL0X TIL, In 1803, France sold 22.3% of actual USA territory for 342,630,531 actual USD
p8By8 TIL in 1955, Jack Graham placed a bomb in his mother's suitcase in order to collect on insurance he purchased moment before her flight. The blast killed her and 43 other people on the plane
ADBY7 TIL Winston Churchill's mother, Lady Randolph Churchill, was born in Brooklyn, New York
rJx4 TIL Jainism is a religion so dedicated to non-violence that extremists will sweep their paths and cover their mouths to avoid killing small insects and microscopic life forms. However, they will still eat eggs, milk, etc. because they see them as natural healthy processes for the animals.