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TIL of "the Truman Show Delusion" a term used in psychology to describe patients who believe they are part of a staged reality. Psychiatrist reported on one patient who had traveled to New York after 9/11 to ensure the event really happened and wasn't just a plot twist in his show.

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yXEX TIL martial artist Yuki Nakai beat 2 fighters, twice his size, in a tournament after an illegal eye gouge left him blind in one eye. He developed complete blindness in one eye, yet kept it secret for years in order to protect the reputation of martial arts.
KlL6 TIL the man who invented Life Savers (candy) had a son who committed suicide by jumping off a ship.
b67W7 TIL In Confucianism, there are five grades of mourning obligation, depending on one's relation to the person that died. The death of one's mother or father requires 27 months of mourning while second cousins or first cousins once removed only require 3 months of mourning.
M7DwA TIL After flying into Earth orbit in Apollo 7, Donn Eisele and his crew never went to space again, as divorce and a testy crew commander led to the astronauts being labeled as troublemakers. Unknown to everyone, Eisele wrote a detailed memoir that was only discovered and published after his death
XpRP TIL on the set of “Django Unchained”, Leonardo DiCaprio was having such a hard time using so many racial slurs that he had to stop the scene, to which Samuel L. Jackson replied “Motherfucker, this is just another Tuesday for us”