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TIL that a "culture bound syndrome," or "folk illnes," is a set of psychiatric symptoms that only presents itself in a particular society. One such example is Amok Syndrome from Indonesia, from which we get the term "running amok"

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BgNGe TIL about Project Possible, Nimsdai Purja climbed the 14 mountains that are above 8,000 meters in just Six months.They told Nims his project was simply impossible. So he called it Project Possible. While climbing Kanchenjunga he was partying the night before and was hungover during the climb.
GYLJ4 TIL there is a mysterious cemetery island just off the coast of Cabuya, Costa Rica. During low tide, a land bridge will surface, connecting the island to the mainland which allows people to travel there on foot and even hold funeral processions.
XEWJ6 TIL A turkey is called a Hindi in Turkey because of everyone being confused as to where this bird came from in the days of the New World
o5BE TIL durng the filming of the 1991 film “Hook”, Dustin Hoffman and Bob Hoskins decided to portray Captain Hook and Smee as a married gay couple, to which Steven Spielberg replied “this is a kids’ movie”.
Zp9KD TIL In October 24 1988 a dog fell from a 13th-floor and caused a chain of events that killed 3 people