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TIL of Freud's patient diagnosed with hysteria based on menstrual symptoms. A surgeon friend claimed he could cure it with nose surgery. Surgery botched, left her hemorrhaging and disfigured. Freud claimed her hemorrhage is "wish-bleeding" caused by a hysterical longing for the affection of others.

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lobM1 TIL of "Barcode Battler", a handheld game released in 1991. The “barcode gaming system” came with a variety of cards containing barcodes; each representing a player, enemy or powerup. Players could also experiment to find barcode monsters from everyday products like food and cleaning supplies.
xVapk TIL Bald Eagles sound like seagulls. The sound they’re often presented making is actually from a hawk.
xDG7 TIL that the little dangling pieces of skin on the underside of your tongue serve no purpose whatsoever.
KO5gR TIL of the Battle of the Wabash or St. Clair's defeat. When an American army of 1000 men was slaughtered by a Native American force of near equal strength in 1791. Only 28 men escaped unscathed with a casualty rate of 97%, it remains the largest defeat in American history.
LQLZ9 TIL that Danny Glover is the great great grandson of Harriet Tubman