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TIL that Angelina Jolie sold her baby photos to the press with the understanding that they’d never report any negative news about her, ever again (including pre-approving editorials about her).

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0wZ8y TIL a study discovered when Christian students were reminded of the "religion and science don't mix" stereotype, their intuitive reasoning dropped while Christian students who weren't reminded of that stereotype performed as well as non-Christians.
KONdB TIL Allvar Gullstrand applied the methods of physical mathematics to the study of optical images and refraction of light in the eye and received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1911. Due to the math in his works, it is lamented there are few ophthalmologists and physiologists who can understand it
dDkpZ TIL that the African American Heritage Flag, created in 1967, represents the black experience in the United States. The wreath represents peace and prosperity, the blunted sword is a symbol of pride and knowledge, and the colors stand for blood shed for dignity and "pride in our pigmentation".
VBW7p TIL the distributor for the movie Snowpiercer (2013) requested that the scene involving a fish be removed, but director Bong Joon-ho convinced them to keep it in by lying about his father being a fisherman and claiming the scene was dedicated to him. Bong's father was never a fisherman.
neybY TIL that infants require more General Anaesthetic than adults. For example a 6 month old baby requires almost 2x the amount to become unconscious than a 60 year old. My wife is studying Pharmacokinetics and I'm learning vicariously when she explains some the fascinating stuff. PubMed link as ref.