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TIL that 35% of cases of borderline personality disorder are hereditary.

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yQGjw TIL that people used to gather around paintings at well-to-do parties identifying hard-to-spot things for fun, a game that was essentially I Spy but for the wealthy and educated.
P4Bw TIL Iron Maiden wrote a song based on Dune, the classic sic-fi novel. The band initially wanted to name the song “Dune”, but were met with the following message upon requesting permission: “Frank Herbert doesn’t like rock bands, particularly heavy rock bands, and especially bands like Iron Maiden”.
K1R6 TIL that Belgian fort Eben-Emael was thought to be impregnable before WW2. The world’s largest fortress was designed to stop a German invasion and take months to break. It was so large … that in May 1940 the Luftwaffe landed gliders on its roof, and captured Eben-Emael from the top in 30 hours.
KYBB9 TIL The algae, Caulerpa taxifolia, has been identified as the largest known single-celled organism. Found underwater, it can grow up to several meters long- even though it's technically just one cell.
ODb1 TIL that Yoda, from Star Wars, was modeled after the appearance of Albert Einstein.