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TIL about a man who has both anterograde and retrograde amnesia, meaning he cannot form new memories, nor can he recall old ones. Clive Wearing can only ever remember the past few moments of his life, though he still feels love for his wife and can still play music

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nW7Ao TIL that due to the COVID-19 Pandemic shutting down Broadway in 2020, only four musicals were eligible for Tony Award nominations. Only one actor, Aaron Tveit from "Moulin Rouge!", was nominated for Best Leading Actor in a Musical, but he still could have lost due to the Tony's voting policy.
9YZlG TIL that a Florida man was awarded $37,500 after cops mistook glazed donut crumbs for meth. Daniel Rushing was pulled over when the cops searched his car. They tested white crystals they found and it tested positive for meth. Rushing told them they were donut crumbs but they wouldn't listen.
v17O8 TIL Many Romans, distrustful of the unreliable Italian post office, make weekly trips to the Vatican just to post their important letters.
A7mo TIL there are programs that pay drug addicts to be sterilized
5Y57Q Til of the Cagots, a minority population in Europe in medieval times. They were shunned, hated, and segregated from entering taverns or touching food in markets. They were not an ethnic or religious group and were indistinguishable from other people, and no one knows why they were so despised.