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TIL Malaysia banned Brad Pitt adverts due to concerns it would inflate male beauty standards

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gMGOW TIL Qatar has more Indians living there (650,000) than actual native Qatari citizens (300,000)
NXk01 TIL in a group of 23 people, there is a 50% chance of two people sharing the same birthday. The probability increases to 99% for a group of 50 people.
a84Xy TIL there's a British overseas territory where the average age of first time mothers is 12-15
waJ7 TIL of the Mountains of Kong, a West African mountain range that was charted on maps for nearly a hundred years. It was later discovered that the mountains never existed and were made up by the original cartographer.
m1j8O TIL “Lilliputian” Hallucinations Are Visualizations of Miniature People (And Sometimes Animals & Other Tiny Items), That Are Usually in Groups & Active. Sometimes, The Small People Speak in "Lilliputian" (Small) Voices. This is Associated With a Pleasant State of Mind & Not Unpleasant or Terrifying.