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TIL that artificial intelligence can distinguish authentic Pollock's paintings from fake ones with 93% accuracy.

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PYWpE TIL about Hematohydrosis; a rare disease where humans sweat blood.
rRdQ1 TIL that Schizophrenia's hallucinations are shaped by culture. Americans with schizophrenia tend to have more paranoid and harsher voices/hallucinations. In India and Africa people with schizophrenia tend to have more playful and positive voices
mV9p TIL dolphins can rapidly heal from extreme injuries, such as shark bites, and regenerate their original body shape.
wLR5Y TIL One of the first ever works of post apocalyptic fiction was written in 1826 by Mary Shelley, author Frankestein. In it, she describes a dystopian future in which earth in the 21st century is ravaged by a mysterius pandemic
mxmOp TIL that the last Ottoman Sultan spent the first 56 years of his life as a captive in a room known as “The Cage” before ascending to the throne. The purpose of the practice was to confine rival male heirs.