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Today I Learned (TIL)

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TIL that Queen Elizabeth II had two severely disabled first cousins who were publicly pronounced dead in 1940 and 1961 respectively, but actually lived in a care home with no visits or support from the royal family until their actual deaths in 1986 and 2014.

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TIL The London Underground has its own subspecies of mosquito that lives exclusively in the stations and tunnels

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TIL that the US army awarded 20 Medals of Honor, the highest and most prestigious military decoration, to soldiers for their actions at the Wounded Knee Massacre. Many of those killed by US troops during the massacre were unarmed women and children.

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TIL about Cotard’s Syndrome, also known as “walking corpse syndrome,” a rare mental disorder in which one has delusional beliefs ranging from believing that they are dead, do not exist, or have lost their internal organs/blood/souls. Many even believe they’re immortal and can’t die a natural death.

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TIL about Sigurd Eysteinsson's unusual death. Sigurd had his enemies' heads strapped to his victorious men's saddles as trophies, but as Sigurd rode home, Máel Brigte's buck-tooth scratched his leg. The leg became inflamed and infected, and as a result Sigurd died.

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TIL that dozens of "ghost ships" wash up on the Japanese coast every year, believed to be North Korean fishing vessels lost at sea

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