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TIL about the 'Time Cube', a conspiracy theory in which modern education and physics are hiding the ultimate truth: That each day actually consists of four separate simultaneously occurring days.

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Mv8A TIL of ‘Paris Syndrome ’ where tourists suffer psychological distress or shock when the city does not live up th their expectations. It is common with Japanese tourists.
W81N TIL about the lake peigne urban disaster in Louisiana, in which an oil drill broke through into a salt mine and caused a whirlpool that swallowed the whole lake and part of an island
ZKbB TIL that there was a real, radium based, alcoholic drink known as the “Atomic Cocktail” that was served in missile shaped bottles. They had adverse effects after prolonged exposure, but could cure minor fevers, headaches, and depression.
v17l8 TIL that J. Michael Straczynski, writer of Spider-Man comics and creator of Bablyon 5, had a mentally ill prostitute for a mom and an abusive Nazi for a dad
7rVpb TIL the survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash mutually agreed that if they died, the others could use their bodies for sustenance. At the beginning they only managed to eat skin and muscles, but in the end they also ate hearts and brains.