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TIL that early psychologists, having few examples to demonstrate mental illness in humans, would sometimes invoke in court proceedings Shakespeare characters such as King Lear and Hamlet as types of human madness

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mPbo TIL: Lou Pai is a former Enron executive who cashed out $270 million in stock and left the company right before it collapsed, divorced his wife, married an exotic dancer, bought an enormous piece of Colorado, sold it and then disappeared into obscurity.
beDQ TIL that Benjamin Franklin didn’t patent any of his invention.
nDVG TIL nearly 40% of the medical advice given on the Dr. Oz show has no scientific evidence backing it up.
Bvnk TIL that Yuri Gagarin’s heart was beating at 64 beats per minute just half an hour before the launch that would bring him to space. 64 BPM is lower than the average person’s pulse just after waking up in the morning