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TIL Pluto is, by law, still a planet in New Mexico

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p88ep TIL: Martin Luther came up with the basis of Protestant Christianity while taking a shit.
5YnrR TIL sufferers from Anton–Babinski syndrome are blind, but affirm, often quite adamantly and in the face of clear evidence of their blindness, that they are capable of seeing.
4MN5 TIL that you can tell identical twin babies apart from their navels, since navel is a scar and thus they’re different.
epAwD TIL about Ghostwatch, a BBC program where in a live broadcast style, they investigated an alleged poltergeist, which unraveled into various people becoming possessed, including the host. At least one death is attributed to this broadcast.
wLdr7 TIL When a Louisana woman was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend, she was rescued by her family. When his involvement became known, they went to his house ahead of the police. They kicked the front door down and shot him 3 times, killing him. They’d walked in on him stabbing her. None were charged.