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TIL that Frankie Muniz has suffered two strokes, has suffered significant memory loss, including losing memories from his childhood acting days.

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e0KOb TIL that the Golden Records on the Voyager probes includes copyrighted material that aliens will be able to access and use completely for free, but we can't.
ne5do TIL that “Slim Goodbody” (aka: John Burnstein) is still touring and lecturing (in his anatomically-correct spandex) after 45 years.
AMdg TIL that Spanish Flu didn’t come from Spain or hit it especially hard. Spain didn’t have the wartime censors other countries had, so Spanish media could report freely on the pandemic. This made it look like the situation in Spain was especially severe - resulting in the nickname “Spanish flu”.
L4ap TIL during WWII, Some British Spitfires were painted pink to conceal them when flying at dusk or dawn.
RNBw TIL In Japan, a third of people under 30 have never dated, and 45 percent of women say they have no interest in sex or even “despise” it.