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TIL of the book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks. It's about curious medical cases, including one of a patient with visual agnosia who not only did really mistake his wife for his hat, but also couldn't tell the difference between his shoe and his foot.

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XEM7j TIL that AllSpice is not a mixed spice. Also known as Pimenta, AllSpice is made from the dried unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica and originates from Central and South American. It was named ‘Allspice’ by the English because it combined the flavours of clove, nutmeg and cinnamon
7ewX TIL in 2011 a fungus was found in the Amazon Forest that can feed on a diet solely of polyurethane (plastic). It can also do so in a non-aerobic environment.
7ry5L TIL there are 8 films in the 'Beethoven' (franchise)
X0XoQ TIL for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, $40-$50 million was spent on developing the game, while $150-$160 million was spent on marketing.
LQBmv TIL Whalebone corsets were not made of bone, but of baleen, a whale's filter plate.