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TIL A recent development in Hoarding Disorder is the hoarding of data. This is where someone stores huge amounts of electronic data and emails that they're extremely reluctant to delete.

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8eMBG TIL A German man spent years in a mental institution for claiming that his ex-wife and the bank where she worked were involved in a massive money laundering scheme. The accusations turned out to be true, and the plot to have him committed was part of a conspiracy to silence him.
1dWr TIL at one point in the 1990’s, 50% of the CD’s produced worldwide had an AOL logo on it
1kyd TIL a WWII Congressman publicly mentioned that US submarines escaped typically shallow Japanese depth charges, likely leading the Japanese to adjust and sink 10 additional subs and 800 service men.
xVDl1 TIL Researchers from the University of South Australia found that blasting AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" through a loud speaker increased the effectiveness of the Chemotherapy drug they were working on.
vPPo4 TIL about the fake/real grape flavor dating back to the 1800’s