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TIL that to date no woman has run a 4 minute mile

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e0YLE TIL about "Folie à deux" aka Shared Delusional Disorder, which is a mental disorder where a delusional inducer influences secondary individuals into believing the delusion. It occurs most commonly between two people, but can occur between many people ("folie à plusieurs").
BrRx TIL in terms of page views over a month, XVideos pulls more than double that of Reddit
RDbw TIL: 10 Downing St has an official cat: he has been involved in scandals involving sleeping on the job, fraternizing with a female cat, and attacking a reporter.
6EpR8 TIL a former Soviet ship was placed into service by the US Navy.
4XJNJ TIL around 1800 BC, a king in Mesopotamia appointed a palace worker king for a short period of time to avoid a disaster that he was told was coming by an oracle. Near the end of the time, he died while eating soup and the worker ruled for 24 years.