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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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dDEgK TIL that armadillos can carry leprosy that can spread to humans
nP8b TIL in 2012 the residents of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe were tasked with flushing their toilets at the same time in order to prevent blockages in the sewer system. The synchronised flush takes place twice a week in order to keep the sewers clear.
VMwlp TIL Where the Wild Things Are was originally titled Where the Wild Horses Are. The title changed because the author, Maurice Sendak, didn't know how to draw horses. When asked by his editor what he could draw, he said "things" and "things" is what he drew.
Z8RPv TIL That 200 years ago, Robert Gibbon Johnson ate a whole basket of tomatoes outside a courthouse to prove that they were safe to eat and not posionous!
l7ERN TIL during Operation Desert Storm, the M2 Bradley performed more tank kills than the Abrams. Additionally, 20 Bradley’s were destroyed, 17 of those due to friendly fire