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TIL about the three christs of Yipsilanti, a psychiatric case study where three men who each believed themselves to be Jesus Christ were forced to interact with each other.

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rN0Gw TIL that, during the Cultural Revolution, ‘mango fever’ swept China after Mao regifted a box of the fruit to a propaganda team. A dentist named Dr. Han Guangdi claimed that the mango looked like little more than a sweet potato. He was found guilty of “malicious slander” and later executed.
OGDX1 TIL that medicines are the third largest cause of death in the world after heart and cancer.
78GZM TIL Singer, the sewing machine manufacturer, also made military aircraft navigation and targeting equipment, plus 1911A1 handguns
GYR85 TIL 15 year old Kate Winslet began a romantic relationship and with 27 year old Stephen Tredre while working on a film. She cohabited with him in London until 1995. Winslet missed the premiere of Titanic to attend his funeral. In a 2008 interview, she said that she had never gotten over his death.
7ewX TIL in 2011 a fungus was found in the Amazon Forest that can feed on a diet solely of polyurethane (plastic). It can also do so in a non-aerobic environment.