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TIL that the idea that '30-50% of the population don't have internal narratives/monologues' came from a study of 5 people and has never been clinically reproduced

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oRR9R TIL that there have been only been a handful of reported cases of Giant Bladder. In one case, an 80-year old man was found to have his bladder enlarged to a volume of almost 11 liters.
GV84 TIL A robbery suspect fled into a darkened movie theater to escape pursuing police. He became so engrossed in the movie playing on screen, Robocop, that he failed to notice that police had evacuated all other patrons from the theater. When the lights came on he was taken into custody.
nWElP TIL the first elevator shaft was built in The Cooper Union - four years before the first passenger elevator was even built
rRyv0 TIL that a year is a leap year not only if it's divisible by 4 -- it also has to be divisible by 400 if it's a century year.
KDMG TIL In Kenya a turtle adopted a hippo that was abandoned after a tsunami.