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TIL the inability to recognise faces is called Prosopagnosia (face blindness).

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gMkRL TIL one of the best Go players in the world retired in 2019 after losing 1-4 against the AlphaGo program. He argued that he could never be the top Go player due to the increasing dominance of AI, calling them "an entity that cannot be defeated". He was the only one to win a match against AlphaGo.
l7RbA TIL Victor Vescovo is the first person to complete the "Explorers' Extreme Trifecta" of land, sea & air by: summiting Mount Everest (the highest point on Earth), diving to the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench (the deepest point on Earth), & entering space (crossing the 100-km-high Kármán Line).
QJYNM TIL about "uncuffing season" which is the time of year relationships formed during the winter end. As days become longer, serotonin in the body increases which could make people feel like they don't need their girlfriends and boyfriends and free to use the warmer weather to meet new people.
nWvnG TIL that vanilla bean farmers tattoo their vanilla beans to avoid theft, using a sharp toothpick-like stick piercing dots in the outer pod in the shape of their initials.
vPMlK TIL a python snake got addicted to meth fumes and was rehabilitated by Australian prisoners in a wildlife care program.