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TIL (well, more like realised) that the proud owner of America's ass, Chris Evans played the protagonist's role in this entertaining thriller which I really enjoyed watching as a teenager. Ah, the good old days when mobile phones were a luxury and streaming videos were nigh impossible.

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Okda TIL after several overburdened hospitals turned away a 22yo woman’s 4 Ebola-stricken family members, the Liberian woman fashioned protective equipment out of plastic garbage bags and treated them herself for 2 weeks. Three of the Four family members survived.
6m4l TIL that a mosquito sitting on your arm exerts more gravitational pull on you than the moon.
5Yl8 TIL that the Muhammad Ali effect (in psychology), named after Muhammad Ali, states that people who are asked to rate their intelligence and moral behavior in comparison to others,will rate themselves as more moral, but not more intelligent than others.
M6rV TIL the FDA prohibits products from being packed in containers deceptively larger than what they contain. (Potato chips are exempt because the extra air protects them from being crushed.)
D1g1e TIL: In the 1990s, the South African government dismantled all of its nuclear weapons, the first nation in the world which voluntarily gave up all nuclear arms it had developed itself.