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TIL that there is a syndrome called the Capgras Delusion, where if you suffer from it you may think your friends, family, and even your pets have been replaced by impostors.

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76yb TIL: The “Pinky Promise” originally indicated that the person who breaks the promise must cut off their pinky finger.
YpBar TIL that in 1928, New York Governor Al Smith ran for president with the slogan, "Make your wet dreams come true," advertising his opposition to prohibition.
0d6pL TIL about the skull of a 14 year-old girl believed to be a victim of cannibalism “starving time” at the Jamestown colony in the winter of 1609. Butchery marks can be seen on the skull.
OGLGX TIL that lower testosterone has been scientifically proven to be associated with leftist beliefs
rQed TIL Ulrich von Liechtenstein was a real man, and his autobiography depicts him as an undefeated jouster, competing for the hand of a noblewoman who demanded great deeds to even hold her hand.