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TIL of a disorder called Aphantasia, people with it cannot see images in their head. Many that have this disorder are completely unaware.

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X6gj TIL Allie Brosh’s (of Hyperbole and a Half) comic on depression is considered “one of the best contemporary portraits of the condition” by psychologists.
wL45W TIL Andrew Jackson’s wife was attacked as an adulteress and then died during the 1828 Presidential election after falling into deep depression. At her funeral Jackson said, “May God Almighty forgive her murderers. I never can."
4X9l6 TIL Don Simpson, producer of such films as Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop, and partner of Jerry Bruckheimer died with 21 different drugs in his system. He had 15 doctors prescribing him pills and had 2,200 pills lined up in alphabetical order in his closet.
XvZr TIL of Danny Casolaro… an investigative journalist who was working to uncover a secret group controlling the CIA, White House, etc. Despite telling friends and family that if he is found dead, it wouldn’t be a suicide, he was found dead after meeting with an unknown source.
R588a TIL there is a jellyfish whose sting causes feelings of impending doom