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TIL that up to 6.2% of the US population has narcissistic personality disorder, a mental condition where one of the criteria for diagnosis is a lack of empathy.

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R58MQ TIL that the last Prisoner of War of WW2 who has been repatriated was Hungarian András Toma in 2000, captured in 1945 by the Red Army. He was sent to a psychiatric hospital in 1947 and got removed from the POW lists because of that.
E1DW TIL Macaulay Culkin, child star of the Home Alone films, bought Marilyn Manson his first pack of cigarettes during the filming of Party Monster in 2003. He said he thought this ironic as Manson is meant to be seen as an ‘anarchist’ and it’s Culkin corrupting him.
QJY9L TIL that Japanese children have the ability to differentiate the “r” and “l” letters, while many Japanese adults lose this ability
8eG5L TIL that some studies show that nudists tend to happier on average than the general population.