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TIL: Canada has a higher percentage of truck ownership than the US

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9Yj8p TIL Mr. Potato Head was the first toy ever advertised on television and the first to be marketed directly to children, rather than their parents.

WkkM9 TIL that "sex changes are not effective", according to researchers, who say there is no evidence that these operations improve the lives of transexuals, many of whom remain suicidal and severely distressed after surgery.

Brk1r TIL Child prodigy Edmund Thomas Clint died at age 6 but still drawn over 25,000 paintings during his life.

GA1mj TIL that humans are bad at face recognition and almost can't distinguish unknown people apart.

6E8nZ TIL that the grandfather of the multi-Oscar winning filmmaker Bong Joon Ho was a famous Korean writer. He defected to North Korea to write and teach at a university there but he was purged a few years later.