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TIL there is a man in Australia who ages one year for every four. After celebrating his 40th birthday, he had the physical body of a 10 year old.

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ADWGl TIL of Chesty Puller, the most decorated Marine in American history. He fought guerrillas in Haiti and Nicaragua and, as a senior officer, served with distinction in World War II and the Korean War. He's known for the phrase, "We're surrounded, that simplifies things."
mxb5O TIL that Chrysler made a car with a turbine engine that could run on everything from perfume to peanut oil. The President of Mexico fueled one with Tequila.
4rb5 TIL: Medal of Honor recipients receive a special pension of $1,259 per month.
M76DV TIL there is an 85 mile stretch of land on the Mississippi River called "Cancer Alley" due to the concentration of petrochemical and refinery plants there.
Me94a TIL eye movements predict aspects of our personality. Studies utilizing machines which encode different eye movements reliably predict four of the Big Five personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness) as well as perceptual curiosity only from eye movements.