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TIL congenital blindness and schizophrenia do not co-occur.There is not a single case of congenitally blind diagnosed with schizophrenia

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LQWK0 TIL that Ol Doinyo Lengai is the only volcano on Earth that erupts with Natrocarbonatite, a very low temperature lava that flows freely and turns white after a few hours of being exposed to air.
mNbY TIL In 1972, Geraldo Rivera exposed one of the worst cases of systematic abuse of the mentally ill in America (Willowbrook)
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