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TIL Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory (SDAM) refers to a lifelong inability to vividly recollect or re-experience personal past events from a first-person perspective.

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PYR1L TIL Ford originally wanted to unveil the 2021 Ford Bronco on July 9, 2020. However, the debut was rescheduled for July 13 when it was pointed out that July 9 is the birthday of O.J. Simpson.
rNEx TIL that Jewel (the singer) almost died and was homeless because she didn’t have medical insurance. The only thing that saved her was a generous doctor.
aXGL TIL Charlize Theron’s mother killed her alcoholic father when she was 15, after he threatened to attack them. It was ruled self-defense and no charges were faced.
ZrYD TIL there are pizza farms where all the ingredients to make the pizza they sell is grown on the farm.
WjZN TIL that George Boole, the mathematician and philosopher renowned mostly for his logic, died when his wife, in an effort to cure his pneumonia, poured buckets of cold water all over him - believing that “remedies should resemble their cause”