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TIL that in the Netherlands, there is a closed village set up for people with dementia, where they can lead a normal daily life. Residents are observed and supported by caregivers who hide under the guise of ordinary residents.

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jNmQa TIL: England had a huge array of crimes punishable by the death penalty, with some odd ones in there like "being in the company of Gypsies for one month"
pY7Q8 TIL Georg Cantor, the mathematician who came up with the idea that 'infinity has different sizes', was rejected by most of his contemporaries for his ideas and, as a result, suffered from chronic depression. He had to be confined to various sanatoria until the end of his life.
OGaVX TIL that peaceful protests are historically ten times more likely to lead to change than violent resistance
4gQ6 TIL that Obesity Doubles a Person’s Chances of Suffering from Migraines
eN1J TIL that the uncanny valley response likely evolved to keep us away from human corpses