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TIL that Turkey violated Greek airspace no less than 2244 times in 2014

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NDvb TIL when Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, its ash cloud circled the planet and changed the global climate. One night in 1816, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley and Mary Shelley met and told ghost stories inspired by the dark, dismal atmosphere. That night gave birth to Frankenstein and the Byronic Dracula
LkWWd TIL that "celebrity psychiatrist" Dr. Isaac Herschkopf manipulated a patient into cutting off his family, giving him his home, signing over his bank account, and amending his will to leave everything to the doctor's wife. Yet Dr. Herschkopf still maintains his medical license in New York City today.
LQobm TIL: Cherry Beach and the 3 Body Problem
V8Dp TIL A pink pigment exists that is so pink its true color cannot be captured by most cameras or displayed on a computer monitor
e0oRE TIL it's impossible to see your own eyes moving in a mirror due to a phenomenon called saccadic masking where the brain selectively blocks visual processing during rapid eye movements