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TIL there was an alleged mental disorder during German hyperinflation that caused patients to write endless rows of zeros.

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NXQ7Q TIL: Henry Heimlich got to use the Heimlich maneuver in 2016, 40+ years after he invented it when a fellow senior in his living community was choking. He was 96 and while had demonstrated it countless times, he had never used it in a real scenario until then.
5KNR TIL Agatha Christie’s novel “Elephants Can Remember” reveals distinct signs of Alzheimer’s onset, e.g., 20% fewer words or ⅕ of her vocabulary lost; 6 times more use of nonspecific words such as “thing”, and a sharp drop in “idea density”. That novel’s last line is “Maybe it’s OK not to remember.”.
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nb0G TIL a martyr named Saint Lawrence was grilled alive for his Christian faith, while being grilled alive he said “Im done on this side, turn me over”