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TIL of the Holy Prepuce, a series of relics claiming to be Jesus's foreskin. At certain points in history, as many as 18 different supposed holy foreskins existed

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dDeZr TIL about Sunflower Syndrome - a rare form of pediatric photosensitive epilepsy. The child is attracted to the sun (heliotropism) or a bright light, wave their hand in front of their eyes to create a strobe and trigger seizure activity with lapses in consciousness and often a feeling of relief.
rdX0 TIL the FBI thought it was plausible enough that Hitler faked his suicide that they investigated South American Hitler sightings
ovBW TIL Stephen King Believed his popularity to be an accident, So King wrote under a pen name “Richard Bachman”. The books sold equally well, and King was outed. Happy birthday Stephen King!
0wB1p TIL Katharine Hepburn is the only person to win an Oscar for portraying a relative. She was a direct descendant of Eleanor of Aquitaine, who she portrayed in The Lion in Winter and won best actress. Eleanor had been dead for more than 750 years when Hepburn played her.
awnkN TIL The entire human population would take up the space of one sugar cube, if there was no space between atoms.