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TIL that Brad Pitt suffers from Prosopagnosia (Face Blindness)

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4XA1N TIL that George Washington was born on February 11th, but when his birthday first became a holiday it was celebrated on February 22nd. This is because when Washington was born, British colonies were still using the Julian calendar, which was 11 days behind the Gregorian.
9lmG TIL a man committed to a high-security psychiatric hospital 7 years ago for fabricating a story of large scale money-laundering at a major bank is to have his case reviewed after internal bank documents proving the validity of his claims have been leaked.
R7JG6 TIL of the Chinese proverb "three men make a tiger", which means that people will accept absurd information, as long as enough people are saying it.
yVWv8 TIL that the top mathematics student at Cambridge University is known as the Senior Wrangler. In 1880 J. J. Thomson was so confident he was #1 that he sent his servant to find out how others had ranked. When Thomson asked "Who was Second Wrangler?", he was told "You were, sir"; Joseph Larmor was #1.
xAjo TIL the Mayflower landed early because they ran out of beer. This was because water was unsafe, but beer remained drinkable.