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TIL That Aphantasia is the lack of ability to visualize images or hear sounds in your mind

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l7ZGr TIL that the NATO mutual defense treaty only applies to territories North of the Tropic of Cancer, meaning that an attack on Hawaii would NOT trigger a response by other NATO members...an attack on Guantanamo Bay would, likewise, not trigger a response.
kyP5 TIL all the roles in ‘Alien’ were written as unisex, able to be portrayed as male or female. Ripley only became a woman when Weaver was cast.
kJwK1 TIL that Large eyes may cause nearsightedness
rvWM TIL There is a pagoda built in 1049 from the Chinese Song dynasty and it has experienced 38 earthquakes, six floods and many other disasters, but it remains intact after almost 1000 years
9Ja7 TIL that 789 grams of 2,700-year-old marijuana were found in a Chinese tomb in 2008.