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TIL of Stendhal syndrome which is a psychosomatic disorder that causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness, fainting, confusion and even hallucinations when an individual is exposed to an experience of great personal significance, particularly viewing art.

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PYXWV TIL that among high schoolers in Japan, asking for or receiving the 2nd button from a boy's school uniform during graduation is a confession of love. This is because the 2nd button is closest to the heart.
bOxQ TIL Matt Damon did not take part in military training exercises with Tom Hanks and other actors prior to filming Saving Private Ryan. The filmmakers wanted to preserve a real-life resentment of Damon because the other actors’ characters resented Private Ryan in the film.
Me4Gb TIL Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I A Woman" speech never contained that phrase. Truth was raised speaking Dutch in New York. Instead, a white woman retranscribed it 15 years later, embellishing her language to sound more like Southern slaves.
x61Ak TIL that Caren Marsh Doll was Judy Garland's stand-in for The Wizard of Oz, and also had a bit part in Gone With the Wind. She was in a plane crash in 1949 which resulted in an amputated foot. She is still alive at 102, one of the oldest survivors of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
xarb TIL Homes in Israel are required by law to have a security room built to resist projectiles and chemical weapons