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TIL The Great Famine of Ireland caused such a significant population decline that it still hasn't recovered, 180 years later

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781EM TIL Napoleon, despite being constantly engaged in warfare for 2 decades, exhibited next to no signs of PTSD.
J1bpk TIL Vincent Van Gogh left art school shortly after an incident where he was assigned to draw the Venus de Milo and instead drew the nude torso of a peasant woman. When confronted by his teacher Van Gogh protested that a woman must have "hips, buttocks," and "a pelvis in which she can carry a baby."
Lk7Np TIL about Walter Schramm and escheat. He bought AMZN stock in 90's and pledged not to look at his stock account for 20 years. After 20 years logged on and $100,000 worth of Amazon stock was gone. Taken by the state government as unclaimed property because his account was deemed inactive.
7r6wP TIL A lactose intolerant man successfully biohacked himself using a virus to change his DNA and make his intestine produce a lactase
D1oZr TIL about the Spotlight Effect, due to which people constantly believe that they are being noticed much more than they really are. Since the centre of one's own world is oneself, and not others, you cannot correctly evaluate how others feel about you.