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TIL There were people in Kentucky that had blue skin

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Ypdad TIL The constitution of Monaco is the world’s shortest constitution by word count at 3,814 words, while the longest constitution is India’s at 146,385 words.
57Q9 TIL A man who lied about passing his second year of university, pretended to continue his study, crafting an elaborate lie until everyone he knew thought he was a medical doctor. No one found out for 18 years, until he killed his entire family to avoid being revealed.
JY7xV TIL that after Pearl Harbor three men were trapped deep in the USS West Virginia for 16 days which they marked on the wall of the storeroom they had found shelter in. Soldiers were unable to reach them and no one wanted guard duty near the ship due to the incessant banging of the trapped survivors.
woDp8 TIL of 'normalcy bias', a cognitive distortion that convinces people nothing is wrong during a crisis. One author said that during a tornado warning, people 'would try to shame him into denial so they could remain calm'
909m TIL the French version of George Orwell’s Animal Farm changes the name of the pig Napoleon to Caesar. It is illegal to name a pig Napoleon in France.