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TIL there’s a tribe in the Amazonas state in Brazil that do not engage in linear thinking and have no words for colors or numbers.

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Zppja TIL some people are born tongue-tied. This anomaly restricts mobility of the tongue due to an unusually short, thick lingual frenulum, the membrane connecting the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth. The condition is easily fixed by surgically cutting the frenulum
d8LjB TIL that Japanese folklore has a large variety of ghosts associated with the bathroom.
4X6y6 TIL of the Brocken Spectre, an atmospheric condition in which the sun casts a person’s shadow onto fog or clouds, making the shadow appear enormous, otherworldly, and ringed with a rainbow halo.
6BRY TIL There is a wikipedia article dedicated to people who have claimed to be Jesus
dDEaj TIL that AllTrials calls for all past and present clinical trials to be registered and their full methods and summary results be reported