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TIL something that is RECURRING happens over and over again, at regular intervals. In contrast, something that is REOCCURRING is simply happening again but not always repeatedly.

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5j8p TIL that there are around 60 people in the world who can remember every single day of their lives - their condition is called Hyperthymesia (excessive remembering)
l1AB TIL in 1990, a 15-yo Kuwaiti girl testified to US Congress that Kuwaiti babies were being taken out of their incubators by Iraqi soldiers and left to die. It was later revealed that she was the daughter of an ambassador & that her testimony was part of a PR campaign to sell the war to the public.
QN8x6 TIL about Jon Brower Minnoch. At his peak weight, he was the heaviest human ever recorded, weighing 635 kg (1400 lb).
yQ9bM TIL Screech owls bring Texas blind snakes into their nests so the snakes will eat the parasites that feed on the owlets.
4Ppo TIL that the Roman Empire was once sold at auction by the Praetorian Guard, who had just killed the previous emperor