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TIL the “North Star” is actually a handful of stars orbiting each other

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kJB0d TIL that Brad Whitford, rhythm guitarist for the hard rock band Aerosmith, was forced to miss the first month of the band's 2009 summer tour due to surgery. Whitford suffered internal bleeding after banging his head while getting out of his Ferrari.
d6RQ TIL Ecuador are going to sell a third of its Amazon rainforest to Chinese oil companies.
4XMJX TIL that Botox can inhibit ability to feel deep emotion or empathize with others due to dampening “mirroring” in the facial feedback loop. More sources in comments.
xmWB TIL That the US army counted more dead in it’s civil war, than all other wars combined, losing almost 2,5% of the total Population at the time
4kryR TIL of Buford Pusser, the inspiration for the "Walking Tall" movies. As sheriff he waged a one-man war against the Dixie mafia in his small town. He survived multiple assassination attempts, including one which killed his wife. He eventually died in a one-person car accident at 36 years of age.