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TIL that Brad Pitt suffers from Prosopagnosia (Face Blindness)

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nWEWP TIL that the likely reason Italians "speak" with their hands, is that centuries ago gesticulating helped them communicate with others who spoke different local dialects.
4lrw TIL that in in 1914 Henry Ford published an Anti-Smoking book that was targeted at young people, years before Smoking was widely considered unhealthy.
1Zgd TIL that women in poor countries with worse health tend to be attracted more to masculine looking men, while women in rich countries prefer more feminine looking men
W4jo TIL that in EverQuest, the sale of valuable items for both in-game platinum and for actual money allows exchange rates to be worked out. The BBC reported in 2002 that EQ was the 77th richest country in the world, between Russia and Bulgaria, with a higher GDP per capita than both China and India.
XEnwD TIL that the core of the sun has a energy density comparable to the heat produced by a compost pile