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TIL There is a mental delusion called "The Truman Show delusion" where patients believed their lives were reality television shows. One traveled to NewYork to check whether the World Trade Center had actually fallen—believing 9/11 attacks to be an elaborate plot twist in his personal story line.

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BgEKk TIL That EMINEM Means "Every Mother Is Nice Except Mine"?
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