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yVY6w TIL about Anton Syndrome, in which some blind people insist they can see, even making up things they see though they are obviously blind
vO84 TIL the richest man who ever ever lived was an African king alive in 1300
ADB0B TIL: A 2019 found that kids associate beards with being old and strong, but unattractive. As kids grow older into teenagers, they dislike beards even more. However, women with children see bearded men as better fathers.
rN0WM TIL: Rue McClanahan (Blanche from the Golden Girls) received a conscription notice for Korea on account of her masculine sounding first name - Eddi
4k5a TIL- Guinness Brewery wanted to improve the quality of its beer so they hired a statistician to help them. The statistician, William Sealy Gosset, did such a good job his work created the T-Test. The T-Test can be found in most every stats book published today.