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TIL There is a condition where two people can share the same hallucinations

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E160P TIL Homosexuality was still classified as an illness in Sweden in 1979. Swedes used this to call into work “sick,” saying they “felt gay.”
69VdW TIL that the Hudson Bay is a sea
b9Mw0 TIL The Placebo Effect doesn’t really have clinical significance when you account for the myriad of variables present in clinical trials. Placebos do about as good as “no treatment arms” in most studies with objective criteria.
KgX4 TIL: In 1930, Babe Ruth signed a contract for a record breaking $80,000. He was asked by a reporter what he thought of his yearly salary being more than President Hoover’s $75,000. His response: “I know, but I had a better year than Hoover.”
Egdlx TIL that HONEY NEVER SPOILS, and archaeologists have found edible honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that is over 3,000 years old.