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TIL of Jerusalem Syndrome, when tourists visiting Jerusalem suddenly have religious delusions and begin believing that they are the next coming of Jesus.

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9no6 TIL that the United States led the world in forced sterilizations before Nazi Germany.
loXoA TIL of Billy, an enslaved man from Virginia who was charged with treason during the American Revolution. He won his case by arguing that, as a slave, he was not a citizen and thus could not commit treason against a government to which he owed no allegiance.
GApv4 TIL Medicine in ancient Rome was highly influenced by ancient Greek medicine, but also developed new practices through knowledge of the Hippocratic Corpus combined with use of the treatment of diet, regimen, along with surgical procedures.
R7074 TIL during a 1994 blackout, LA residents called the police after seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
KYLvR TIL that the smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal. When grass gets cut, it releases chemicals to "warn" nearby plants of damage.