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TIL about Charles Bonnet Syndrome, wherein someone with vision loss (but no presentation of mental illness) can experience visual hallucinations.

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Vvx4 TIL During WWII they developed an ultra long range fighter to escort bomber raids in the Pacific…by joining two heavily modified P-51 Mustangs with one single wing. It still holds the record for longest flight of a piston powered fighter, after flying more than 5000 miles from Hawaii to New York
aoMJ TIL The two teenage sisters convicted in cold-blooded murder of their mother in 2004 were released in 2009. One is in law school and the other is studying engineering. Their classmates have no idea who they are.
eOK6 TIL Sid Meier didn’t include multiplayer in the original Civilization game because “if you had friends, you wouldn’t need to play computer games.”
e5R6 TIL That pistachios can spontaneously combust.
d8wYQ TIL the 12 days of Christmas actually start with Christmas Day instead of leading up to it