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Pica consists of the persistent eating of nonnutritive, inappropriate substances that are not part of a culturally sanctioned practice. For example, individuals with pica may eat paper, cleanser, or other

Yes, this really is the name of this bizarre disorder which occurs when a person becomes extremely startled by an unexpected noise or sight and begins exhibiting an unusual response such as involuntarily

1560 – Fort Coligny on Villegagnon Island in Rio de Janeiro is attacked and destroyed during the Portuguese campaign against France Antarctique. France Antarctique was a French colony south of the Equator,

1649 – King Charles I of England is beheaded. Today's term from psychology is Apex Fallacy. Apex Fallacy: the idea that we assign the characteristics of the highest visibility members of a group to all

01 July 2017 Interesting tidbits: 1770 – Lexell's Comet, discovered by astronomer Charles Messier, passed closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history. On July 1, 1770, the comet passed

25 June 2017 Interesting tidbits: 1630 - The fork was introduced to American dining by Gov Winthrop. 1638 - A lunar eclipse is the first astronomical event recorded in the American Colonies. 1678 – Venetian

24 June 2017 Interesting tidbits: 1374 - A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably

23 June 2017 Interesting tidbits: 1565 – Turgut Reis (Dragut), commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Siege of Malta. 1611 – The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son

21 June 2017 Interesting tidbits: 1633 - Galileo Galilei is forced by the Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views. 1834 - Cyrus Hall McCormick patents the

20 June 2017 Interesting tidbits: 1756 – A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta. The Black Hole of Calcutta was a small dungeon in Fort William at Calcutta, India, where troops

19 June 2017 Interesting tidbits: 1586 – English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America. Tidbits has posted about the Roanoke

18 June 2017 Interesting tidbits: 1178 – Five monks from Canterbury reported to the abbey's chronicler, Gervase, that shortly after sunset on June 18, 1178, they saw "the upper horn of the moon split

17 June 2017 Interesting tidbits: 1462 – Vlad III attempted to assassinate Ottoman sultan Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia. Vlad III, also known as Dracula (the little

16 June 2017 Interesting tidbits: 1816 – Lord Byron reads Fantasmagoriana to his four house guests at the Villa Diodati, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont, and John Polidori, and challenges

15 June 2017 Interesting tidbits: 763 BC – Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. 1648 – Margaret Jones was the first person to be executed for

14 June 2017 Interesting tidbits: 1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: HMS Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km (4,600 mi) journey in an open

13 June 2017 Interesting tidbits: 1611 - John Fabricius dedicates the earliest sunspot publication. 1777 - Leonard Norcross patents a submarine diving suit (not the world's first). 1881 – The USS Jeannette

12 June 2017 Interesting tidbits: 1838 - Hopkins Observatory, dedicated in Williamstown, MA. 1840 - Meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands. 1849 - The Gas mask was patented by Lewis Haslett of Louisville, Ky.

Interesting tidbits: 1345 - Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners. Trying to bolster his waning power, Apokaukos began a series of proscriptions in

10 June 2017 Interesting tidbits: 1692 – Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".