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TIL: Alexithymia, or emotional blindness, is condition where individuals struggle to recognize, express, and describe their own emotions. It’s linked to difficulties in attachment theory and interpersonal relations. It’s prevalent in people with autism spectrum disorder

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rRmaw TIL at one point 90% of the world's needles came from a Worcestershire town called Redditch.
DQKye TIL of, 'Blood on the Risers,' a WWII Paratrooper song based on, 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic,' which the paratroopers changed the lyrics to a chilling story about a paratrooper whose parachute failed.
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WkGwA TIL about United States of Greater Austria, Archduke Franz Ferdinand plan for federalization of his empire
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