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TIL that the illusion of meeting your doppelganger and switching your consciousness back and forth is called ‘heautoscopy’, and the case studies are the creepiest thing ever.

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edJJ TIL that this March 14 will be an extra special “Pi Day” because, for the only time this century, we will have 3/14/15 9:26:53!
9wNvr TIL new facial-recognition analysis appears to prove that Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers were, in fact, successful in their escape from Alcatraz.
v1k18 TIL the Razzouk family has been creating tattoos in the Old City of Jerusalem for 27 generations, over 700 years.
rwGw TIL that during September 2009, a ‘Gollum’ like creature was discovered in Panama after it terrified children when it slithered out of a lake and clambered over the rocks towards them.
KO0bE TIL that birds not only can see in Ultraviolet, but that their feathers have patterns which can only be seen in UV. This explains why the males and females of certain species may look the same to us, but in reality, are very different in eachother’s eyes.