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TIL Harriet Tubman was brain-damaged at a young age. She acquired narcolepsy, a sign of hippocampal deterioration. Her owner listed her as disabled. She claimed to receive visions and prophesies from God.

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7ragx TIL the film crew of Terminator 2 refused to film the helicopter chase scene because it was so dangerous. James Cameron ended up filming it himself.
kOoVm TIL that a species of wasp, Ampulex dementor, is named after the Dementor. This name was chosen to reflect the fact that the wasp uses a toxin to neutralise the neural behaviour of cockroaches and make them docile, as if their souls had been sucked out.
ne0xB TIL about St Dunstan in the East, a London church destroyed in WWII and turned into a beautiful open roof garden
xVBD5 TIL thousands of sheep died in Dugway in 1968 due to a chemical weapons test
j6JZX TIL of the first interactive TV program, Winky Dink and You had children drawing and playing games on a static electricity-charged clear vinyl sheet on their TV screens.