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TIL a rare condition exists where the body is completely paralyzed, while the mind remains normal and fully aware. The symptoms are sometimes mistaken as death. it’s called “locked-in state syndrome.

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78R8Z TIL in the original German ending of the fairy tale Snow White, the evil queen is forced to put on red-hot iron shoes and dance until she drops dead.
ZNna TIL the Iron Sheik planned to kill the man who murdered his daughter by slitting his throat with a razor he hid in his mouth in the courtroom court. His family surrounded him and talked him out of it. Instead, as a tribute to his daughter, he quit drugs and got his life back on track.
Br87L TIL that New Zealand has the highest death rate for young people in the developed world alongside having the highest suicide rate, despite the outside world thinking New Zealand is the closest country to becoming a utopia.
eVK4 TIL the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie cashed in on its massive success and sold the recipe, but only sold it for a lifetime supply of chocolate
X1yR TIL the character of Fagin in “Oliver Twist” was a “vicious” Jewish stereotype until Charles Dickens met a Jewish banker and subsequently removed all derogatory references to Fagin being a Jew in later editions.