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TIL Bono wears glasses all the time because he has glaucoma

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mxex TIL Toyota Altis ads featuring Brad Pitt were banned in Malaysia after the country’s deputy information minister ruled that Pitt’s handsome appearance may make Malaysian countrymen feel inferior.
m1LDR TIL A 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life.
4obg TIL the director Christopher Nolan recorded two separate commentary tracks for the DVD version of “Mememto” in order to mislead the audience. The alternate track is triggered every other time you play the audio commentary.
9arX TIL men had to swim nude in all grades of public school gym class up until the early 1970s.
oRMor TIL the world’s largest cockroach is called “Megaloblatta longipennis”