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TIL about culture-bound syndromes, psychiatric/medical disorders that are only found in specific cultures/groups.

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xVd9g TIL that the Navy bean is the considered the official bean of the Nation of Islam, and is said to allow one to live up to 140. All other types of beans are "divinely prohibited"
0d0j1 TIL Saddam Hussein wrote four novels including a romance drama set during the medieval times. This was believed to be an allegory with the villain representing the United States and the hero representing Saddam Hussein.
LQpnV TIL that some bottle-fed llamas might go crazy, turn against their owners, and attack them because they consider them herd rivals
7awP TIL of a town in Buenos Aires that stayed 25 years under water. It wasn’t until 2009 that the water started to recede to reveal a post-apocalyptic scene.
1B74 TIL that Astronomers Have Spotted Oldest and Most Distant Galaxy Ever Observed at 30 Billion Light Years Away