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TIL of a woman who is literally fearless due to a rare genetic condition known as Urbach-Wiethe disease that hardened her amygdala - part of the brain responsible for fear response. Researchers exposed her to potentially terrifying experiences and none of them scared her.

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epeE4 TIL that the WWII Japanese military had a wildfire campaign targeted at the USA, launching some 9,000 fire balloons into the jet stream, with an estimated 11% reaching the U.S. between November 1944 and April 1945. In the end the balloon bombs caused a total of six fatalities.
n5lb TIL a young farmer in India has broken the world record rice harvest by 3 tonnes per hectare using only organic methods.
DQDe TIL while accepting the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1976, Paul Simon thanked Stevie Wonder for not releasing an album that year. Wonder had won the award in 1974 and 1975, and would win it again 1977
ADnkx TIL Georgy Gruzinsky, a Russian nobleman, faked his death in 1798 to avoid a court sentence. He reappeared when he was effectively pardoned in 1802, and actually died in 1852.
a8xRL TIL in 2010 that following an uproar after a mixed race student was not allowed to run for 6th grade class reporter, a Mississippi school district scrapped a long standing system of student elections which only allowed students of certain races to run for certain class positions.