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TIL an immune disease named Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is suspected of being an underlying cause of most of the historical accounts of demonic possession

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loEjG TIL that Opossums have 13 nipples, arranged in a circle of 12 with one in the middle.
1aPJO TIL the earliest clear Western reference to pasta is in the Jerusalem Talmud, written around the 5th century
aw6Jb TIL that so many concepts in mathematics are named after "Bernoulli" because multiple members of this family contributed to the field over a hundred-year period
XdXD TIL Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin’s manager, is reported to have secured 90% of gate money from concerts performed by them. His trust and loyalty to Led Zeppelin was such that his managerial arrangement with the band was via a gentlemen’s agreement
74xr TIL that the average American thinks that 26% of the federal budget goes to foreign aid, while it in reality is less than 1%, or 0.17% of GNI (compared to 1.4% of Sweden’s GNI)