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TIL about Reduplicative paramnesia, a rare delusion where someone believes a place has been duplicated or relocated, often linked to brain injuries affecting the right hemisphere and frontal lobes.

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QNBKk TIL that Paula Cole's big break began as a voicemail from Peter Gabriel. After Sinéad O'Connor abruptly exited Gabriel's 1993 tour as a backing vocalist, Cole was called in. Cole immediately flew from San Francisco to Germany for just one rehearsal and then performed for 16,000 people.
Kdka TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger only spoke 74 words in The Terminator.
j0Yj TIL Louisiana ban universities from using public funds for “communistic or atheistic” activities
wvL8 TIL Shakira’s hit single “Waka Waka” was actually sampled (almost entirely) from a 1986 Cameroonian song “Zamina mina” without their permission, and she never gave them credit
5aD8 TIL that Vatican’s chief astronomer, Fr. George Coyne said, “Intelligent design isn’t science even though it pretends to be. If you want to teach it in schools, intelligent design should be taught when religion or cultural history is taught, not science.”