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0w1Gj TIL about mind-blindness. Mind-blindness is a concept of a cognitive divergence where an individual is unable to attribute mental states to others.
Lygm TIL that a pilot named Tommy Fitz stole a plane from a New Jersey airport in order to land on a Manhattan street. Twice. Both landings were pulled off in incredibly narrow areas, in the dark, and after a night of drinking.
kJdOg TIL that the Persian king Fath-Ali Shah Qajar added "Most Formidable Lord and Master of the Encyclopædia Britannica" to his royal title
MeZvW TIL that J. Robert Oppenheimer, inventor of the atomic bomb, tried to poison his tutor in college using an apple doused with toxic chemicals
5V7Mp TIL - the Kamasutra English translation only talks about sex and the male perspective. but it's a philosophical book about relationships and love. only 20% of the book is about sex. it was selectively translated to suit "filthy paganism" narrative of the British.