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TIL 50% of human DNA matches a banana

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78ndP TIL of the word monomania, a term used in 19th century psychiatry to describe a form of partial insanity conceived as single psychological obsession in an otherwise sound mind.
kJvoB TIL Bono from U2 was named after a hearing aid shop in Dublin
M7PB7 TIL Due to signing their merchandise deal late, Kenner sold the first four Star Wars figures in a empty box for Christmas 1977, it had a mail in rebate so you would receive your four figures by February 1978.
b94Z9 TIL: In 1666, the plague-infested village of Eyam quarantined itself inside a marked circle for 14 months. Neighboring communities left food at the edge of the circle in exchange for disinfected coins. 80% of the people died, but no one crossed the circle.
m1EJo TIL that the "feels like" temperature refers to an actual physical difference in how quickly your body loses heat rather than just how the temperature is perceived psychologically