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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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R5Nk1 TIL about the Readymix logo geoglyph, a 3.2 km × 1.6 km (2.0 mi × 0.99 mi) logo carved into the ground in outback Australia in 1965. For a lone time of it was the largest such signage of its kind in the world.
m1L5E TIL in the 1906 book 'John Dough and the Cherub' the titular Cherub was a child of indeterminate gender; the editors created a contest to guess the gender and second place argued girl as "if it had been a boy he would have eaten the ginger-bread man at once whether it agreed with him or not"
69rDY TIL Willie Nelson released an album called “The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories?” with all the proceeds going to the IRS in order to clear his tax debts.
j6RPv TIL in 1976, an AP reporter, concerned about violent content in the arcade game Death Race and the effect it might have on players, wrote a widely disseminated article about it. Many at the game's manufacturer Exidy credited this and the negative coverage that began afterwards for increased sales.
wL478 TIL Tonal languages are more likely to evolve in humid climates.