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TIL People born deaf with schizophrenia see disembodied hands signing to them, as opposed to "hearing" voices

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neyDP TIL Petunias are a symbol of satanism (in 15th century England), anger and resentment
wL8y6 Instant soup sends a shocking number of kids to the hospital.
ZpR0p TIL Empress Lü Zhu, wife of the founder of the Han Dynasty was an absolute psychopath, arresting her husband's favourite concubine after his death. She had the concubine's limbs cut off, eyes gouged out, ears cut off, was forced to drink a poison that made her mute and was thrown into a latrine.
egWn TIL of Steven Jay Russell, who impersonated a prison guard to simply walk out of prison. Upon recapture Russell lowered and paid his bail by pretending to be a judge, escaped his next capture by impersonating a doctor, and did so AGAIN by faking his death, eventually landing him a 144yr sentence.
P18XE TIL that during the Battle of Stamford Bridge, a Viking axeman captured a bridge by himself and cut down 40 of the enemy, until one of them floated in a barrel underneath and killed the Viking with a spear.