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TIL "Body Integrity Identity Disorder" is a rare psychological condition where individuals feel an overwhelming desire to amputate a healthy limb, believing it doesn’t belong to them. This disconnect between body and mind leads some to extreme measures, feeling incomplete until the limb is removed.

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voM7 TIL of Dr. Howard Jones, who in 1978 was forced into retirement due to rigid age restrictions for surgeons at Johns Hopkins. Rather than end his medical career, Jones moved to Virginia, where in 1981 at the age of 70, he performed the first IVF case in the U.S. He died in 2015 at the age of 104.
mxawR TIL the young of Rhamphorhynchus and other pterosaurs are called “flaplings.”
wLQxo TIL the average person eats more than 7,000 calories on Christmas Day, according to a study done by Associated British Foods
dPQ9 TIL that the SS officer who arrested Anne Frank and the other inhabitants of the secret annex later bought her book to see if he was in it. (He wasn’t.)
0wk95 TIL Heath Ledger created a character diary for the Joker. It included stills from A Clockwork Orange, photos of hyenas, unhinged clown makeup and the word "chaos" highlighted in green. It also contained things the Joker would find funny like AIDS, landmines, and geniuses suffering brain damage.