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TIL there is a neurological disorder where an individual holds the delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, or other close family member has been replaced by an identical-looking impostor.

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eBeJ TIL That the best place to have a heart attack and survive is in a Casino, not a Hospital
QJ0Ak TIL that the first woman to run for President of the United States was Victoria Woodhull in 1872, 50 years before women could vote. She had Frederick Douglass as her running mate, and spent election day in jail due to being arrested for obscenity.
BrDly TIL there is a whole area of Greece autonomously ruled by the Orthodox church and that only men are allowed to enter
E1bD7 TIL that Ray Bradbury said that Fahrenheit 451 is not about government censorship but about social censorship where the people are the culprit.
4kdMa TIL about the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist, the biggest heist (with inflation accounted for) in Canadian history was almost 3,000 tons of maple syrup and took place over several months in 2011 and 2012.