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TIL Jack Nicholson found out his sister was actually his mother when he was 37

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8aGaX TIL Pandora's Jar was called Pandora's Box due to translation error and the mistake has stuck!
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VBrwG TIL about John Doe No. 24, an black teen who was found wandering the streets in 1945. As he was deaf, and seemingly incapable of otherwise communicating, police were unable to identify him, and sent him various mental institutions until his death in 1993.