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TIL "zoanthropy" is a psychological pathology wherein a person believes that they are a type of non-human animal. E. G. "clinical lycanthropy", the belief that they turn into a wolf.

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dbg7 TIL of Nobuo Fujita, the only person to ever drop a bomb on the contiguous U.S. He was later invited back to the town he unsuccessfully bombed but carried his family’s 400 y/o sword to commit seppuku if he received a hostile reception. He was greeted warmly, and donated the sword to the town instead
WkX84 TIL of Gad Beck, a Jew who borrowed a neighbour’s Hitler Youth uniform in 1942 and snuck into a pre-deportation camp to rescue his lover, Manfred Lewin. He got Lewin released by lying to the camps CO. Outside, Lewin said he couldn’t abandon his family and went back. Lewin and his family all died.
BrA7d TIL asphalt is not only a naturally occurring substance (tar pits, oil sands, etc.), but is erupted from asphalt volcanoes, a rare type of submarine volcano. Some of these have formed seamounts, and a few are even still active today.
R7QB7 TIL about Jimmy the Crow who appeared in over 1,000 features from the ‘30s through the ‘50s. He was trained in an assortment of tricks, such as typing, opening letters, and even riding a tiny motorcycle. Jimmy Stewart said he was the “smartest actor” on the set of It’s A Wonderful Life.
b9PGN TIL a quiet American POW was nicknamed "The Incredibly Stupid One" by his Vietnamese captors. Upon his return to the US, he provided the names of over 200 prisoners of war, which he had memorized to the tune of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm."