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TIL about Pain Asymbolia, a brain condition that results in people being able to feel, but not be bothered by, even extreme levels of pain.

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g0yX TIL that there are over 100 million people in the world today who have Irish ancestry, which is more than fifteen times the population of 6.4 million on the entire island of Ireland.
kOyo4 TIL that while men only need 8mg of iron a day, women need about 18mg a day. This is to compensate for the amount of iron women lose during menstruation. About 1mg of iron is lost for each day of a women's period.
grLgb TIL Jimmy Carter, the longest-lived U.S. president, had a village in India renamed "Carterpuri" after his 1978 visit. His mother, Lillian, served in India as a Peace Corps health volunteer in the 1960s.
OoeGL TIL of Lisa McPherson, a woman who died after undergoing an “Introspection Rundown” at the Church of Scientology’s headquarters in Florida. Her body was found to be dehydrated, underweight and covered in hundreds of insect bites, presumably from cockroaches
8ak58 TIL that "fact-checking" site Snopes is 50% owned by an Ad Agency called Proper Media.