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TIL that schizophrenic voices are shaped by local culture. Patients in America hear voices asking them to do violent things whereas in Africa and India the voices they hear are usually of dead relatives or nice voices offering comfort
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TIL that a team from New Zealand built a special, tiny treadmill, to help a kiwi named Ruata rebuild strength in the injured leg.
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TIL: Stephen Colbert Helped Fund $800,000 in Grants for South Carolina Teachers
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TIL that during the Vietnam war, tens of thousands of desperate Americans immigrated north to Canada to escape the draft. A political response was never taken, partly because just as many Canadians hopped down south to join the American military.
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TIL Between 1951 and his death in 1985, Yul Brynner gave 4,625 performances as the King of Siam in “The King and I” on stage, which at the time was a Broadway record for a single role. He is also one of only nine people to win a Tony and an Oscar for the same role.