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TIL the term apophenia is the perception of connections and meaningfulness in unrelated things. Apophenia can be a normal phenomenon or an abnormal one, as in paranoid schizophrenia when the patient sees ominous patterns where there are none.

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mV8R TIL Hitler had a Jewish doctor who didn’t charge Hitlers family due to their economic hardships. Hitler labeled his doctor as a “Noble Jew” and made sure the doctor wasn’t harmed during the Holocaust
gMpZ8 TIL that birds aren't just descendent from dinosaurs, they are dinosaurs. They evolved specifically from small, carnivorous theropods
QNGn9 Today I learned about Lions Not Sheep customers actually being sheep. 😂
Z97Y TIL a man endured Mengele removing a kidney without anaesthesia and survived Auschwitz because he was the 201st person in line for a 200-person gas chamber.
4kXY6 TIL about Operation Rocky Top, an FBI investigation in 1986 to uncover illegal activities in charity bingo including the sale of illegal bingo licenses. In the end over 50 were convicted. Seven politicians were incarcerated which included the leader of the House of Representatives in Tennessee