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TIL “Walking Corpse Syndrome” is a mental condition in which sufferers believe they are missing internal organs, have no blood, or that they are dead outright. PET scans of a patient showed he exhibited brain activity similar to someone asleep or under anaesthesia

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5YQ9B TIL of the "Green Book" which was a travel guide for black people published up until 1966 that gave locations on safe stops and routes for travel in the U.S.
v1Aj TIL that a person close to or at the point of drowning will be silent and generally show no visible panic
bwlp TIL the term “loophole” comes from the name given to small windows in castles, where archers shot at attackers without the fear of being hit. At first meaning a small opening in a seemingly impenetrable defense, the term evolved to mean a spot where the law can be exploited without actually broken.
PxYO TIL In the Star Wars universe, “spice” is actually drugs and Han Solo was a drug smuggler previous to meeting Luke Skywalker.
j8Jv TIL an uncontacted tribe still inhabits an island in the Indian Ocean, living as simple hunter-gatherers. They are vigorously hostile to outsiders, and have not yet developed early technologies such as agriculture or writing.