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TIL of Raymond Robinson who was so badly injured in a childhood electrical accident that he could not go out in public without fear of creating a panic, so he went for long walks at night.

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kODGd TIL of the book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks. It's about curious medical cases, including one of a patient with visual agnosia who not only did really mistake his wife for his hat, but also couldn't tell the difference between his shoe and his foot.
LQl6Q TIL Microsoft didn't develop MS-DOS, but bought it off a programmer named Timothy Paterson in 1981.
9wx1M TIL that according to Piaget, up to the ages 4 or 5 years, the child believes that almost everything is alive and has a purpose. During the second stage (5-7 years) only objects that move have a purpose. In the next stage (7-9 years), only objects that move spontaneously are thought to be alive.
pYaQe TIL that cows form strong bonds and can become stressed when separated from their best friend 🥺
5YxY9 TIL in 1614 a Japanese samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga stabbed a Spanish soldier in Acapulco, Mexico as recorded by the grandson of an Atztec nobleman.