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TIL about The Fregoli syndrome - a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that different people are in fact a single person who changes appearance or is in disguise. The patients are often paranoid they're being persecuted by the person they believe is in disguise.

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69ERw TIL that the numbering system in India has different words for the powers of ten starting with ten to the fifth, and names every other power from there (seventh, ninth, etc.)
698Rl TIL that Australia is wider than the moon, depending on how you measure.
R5DY7 TIL of Cordyceps sinesis or caterpillar fungus, which parasitizes larvae of ghost moths and produces an edible fruiting body which is valued in traditional Chinese medicine as an aphrodisiac.
pYB6b TIL: A maneater tiger was lured in and captured in India using Calvin Klein Obsession prefume.
d84aE TIL in 2013 it was estimated there were more than 100 uncontacted tribes around the world, mostly in the densely forested areas of South America, Central Africa, Asia and New Guinea. Knowledge of the existence of these groups comes from infrequent and sometimes violent encounters and aerial footage.