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TIL with the popularity of palm reading in Japan, some are getting “palm surgery” as a way to cheat fate

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nWxAd TIL After eating the "miracle fruit," very sour foods will taste sweet for 15 to 30 minutes. "Miracle fruit" or Synsepalum dulcificum releases a sweetening potency that alters the taste buds. For about 15 to 30 minutes, everything sour is sweet. Lemons lose their zing and taste like candy.
wLx5P TIL that in this famous photo of a man being executed in the Vietnam War, both the executioner and the executed have the exact same Family name: Nguyễn. The reason for the brutal summary execution was because he had slit the throats of a military leader and his entire family, all also named Nguyễn.
XENb6 TIL that Münchausen syndrome, where a person pretends to be ill to gain attention and sympathy, is more common in men while Münchausen syndrome by proxy, where a caregiver (usually mothers) fakes or causes illness/injuries to a vulnerable person under their care, is more common in women.
kvog TIL Canadian lottery winner Sharon Tirabassi blew through her $10 million winnings in less than 10 years and now lives paycheck to paycheck
E1j9X TIL about Emma Morano. She was born November 29, 1899, and died on April 15, 2017. She was the last living person to be born in the 1800s.