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TIL about the Mandela Effect, in which large groups of people share a misinterpretted memory.

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LQEVd TIL several people who were in permanent catatonic states as a result of the Spanish Flu later regained full function in the 1960s as a result of treatment with the medicine L-DOPA. Unfortunately the treatment was only temporary and all patients reverted to permanent catatonic states.
rRr0y TIL that nightshade is actually genus, not a species and tomatoes and eggplant are species within that genus.
M8oB TIL that Noodles, the guitarist for The Offspring, was a custodian at the school the band went to. He was allowed into the band because he was old enough to buy alcohol.
oBKBE TIL in 2004 a man had his head brutally smashed with an axe on his sleep. He woke up like normal and adrenaline kept him up as he did his routine. He used the sink,did dishes and made breakfast while bleeding out. He was locked out while picking the newspaper and died trying to find the spare key
9Yb0B TIL about Margarethe Cammermeyer, the highest ranking officer in the military to be discharged for homosexuality. She won a lawsuit and was subsequently one of the only openly gay people to serve during "don't ask, don't tell."