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TIL that Alien hand syndrome is a rare neurological disorder in which one hand functions involuntarily, with the victim completely unaware of its actions.

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YeYd TIL The Great Gatsby originally sold poorly (20,000 copies in the first year) and the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, died believing himself to be a failure.
9wEVX TIL that Playboy Playmate photos were secretly inserted into the lunar mission checklists of the Apollo 12 astronauts as a prank.
BD1D TIL that following “Dunk-a-roos” being discontinued in the United States in 2012, General Mills in 2016 encouraged Canadians traveling to the United States to bring the snack to Americans who wanted it in a campaign called “Smugglaroos”, as the product still remains in production in Canada
VBgpZ TIL of Viktor Belenko, the Soviet pilot who defected with the MiG-25 (most advanced Soviet interceptor of its time), who initially assumed that his CIA handlers were keeping him in an elaborate tourist trap made to impress foreigners because he couldn't comprehend the sheer abundance he was seeing.
gMnaX TIL the Japanese bullet train system is equipped with a network of sensitive seismometers. On March 11, 2011, one of the seismometers detected an 8.9 magnitude earthquake 12 seconds before it hit and sent a stop signal to 33 trains. As a result, only one bullet train derailed that day.