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TIL Snapchat’s expired snaps are not deleted, just hidden

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j615j TIL about Charles Bonnet Syndrome, wherein someone with vision loss (but no presentation of mental illness) can experience visual hallucinations.
QJLae TIL of Dr. Mary Walker, an abolitionist, suffragist, surgeon, and the only female Medal of Honor recipient. She advocated for women to wear what they wanted. She’d often get arrested for wearing men's clothes, though she insisted "I don't wear men's clothes, I wear my own clothes."
RvRQ TIL A Sober driver was arrested for a DUI after a deputy flew through a stop sign and hit her.
Z8bOR TIL the government of Italy gives its gluten-intolerant (Celiac disease) citizens a stiped of up to 140 euros per month to buy gluten-free food, and special vacation too
OOPa TIL that Daniel Snyder (controversial owner of the Washington Redskins) took over Six Flags in 2005 and on his second day fired Mr. Six (the dancing old guy), calling the ad campaign “pointless”