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called the Capgras Delusion, where if you suffer from it you may think your friends, family, and even your pets have been replaced by impostors.

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YpP1A TIL Hitler imprisoned his adult niece in their Munich apartment. She could not freely associate with friends, was forbidden romantic relationships, and Adolf or another chaperone accompanied her everywhere. She committed suicide at age 23. Hitler later claimed she was the only woman he ever loved.
grEPW TIL of Dennis Fitch, a pilot who studied the crash of Japan Flight 123 to see if he could have flown the doomed aircraft. Years later, Fitch was a passenger on a plane that also lost hydraulic power. Fitch offered to assist the pilots who miraculously managed to crash land, saving 100+ passengers.
4lON TIL that the Schizophrenic artist Bryan Charnley painted self-portraits for years representing his descent into madness, until his suicide in 1991
M7XPb TIL: The caloric energy contained in a doughnut, about 450 Kcal, is close to that of a stick of dynamite.
V94B TIL Tolkien didn’t mean to change the spelling of “Dwarfs” to “Dwarves”. He said it was a mistake that neither him nor his editors spotted.