› added 2 months ago

8

TIL There's a genuine medical condition, where sufferers absolutely believe someone close to them has been 'swapped' with an imposter, as if they're really living "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", the original patient was a "Madame Macabre", it's known as Capgras delusion.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Eg0aW TIL actor Brian Blessed, known for many over the top roles, helped to deliver a baby in a park in the 1960's. He even bit through the umbilical cord!
jNdPE TIL Trump's grandfather who immigrated to the US, Frederick Trump, was also the Bavarian equivalent of a draft dodger
VMY98 TIL The first Roman fire brigade was created to be very lucrative. Arriving at the scene the fire fighters did nothing while a price was negotiated. Failing to reach a deal, the structure was allowed to burn to the ground after which an offer was made to purchase it for a fraction of its value.
wGAo TIL that Fort Jefferson, a massive but unfinished coastal fortress in the Florida Keys, is composed of over 16 million bricks and is the largest masonry structure in the Americas
QdPe TIL the fable “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” does not increase the likelihood of honesty in children. However, the story that rewards honesty, “George Washington and the Cherry Tree”, does.