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TIL a man was completely paralyzed but conscious for 23 years after being misdiagnosed with a coma

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5YM1r TIL: sharks do not have a single bone in their bodies. Rather than bones, sharks have a skeleton made of cartilage . Cartilage is the same type of tough, flexible tissue that makes up human ears and noses.
7r1m7 TIL severe heartbreak can cause emotional trauma which imprints on individuals' psychobiological wellbeing, affecting future responses to rejection or loss. A key factor to the trauma is 'being left' triggers primal separation fear – the fear of being left with no one to care for one's vital needs.
1a67d TIL Iron-deficiency anemia is the most common and widespread nutritional disorder in the world, and in India alone it affects more than 600 million people
b0Na TIL The tip of Mt Everest isn’t the highest point on Earth
0wg8N TIL that Boric Acid, a common insecticide, is less toxic to humans than ordinary table salt