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TIL There are Benjamin Button children -- only about a half dozen of them in the world, who age only one year for every four in the life of a normal human. Their chromosomes are normal, but they all have cognitive deficiencies

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M5yW TIL during the “Tuskegee syphilis experiment” the US Public Health Services studied the natural progression of untreated syphilis despite the “cure” being widely available
OoAL4 TIL that a deaf painter named Granville Redmond befriended Charlie Chaplin and helped him develop the techniques he used in his silent movies. Chaplin gave Redmond a studio on the movie lot, collected his paintings, and sponsored him in silent roles.
v1Dvj TIL that the "Jonny Quest" (1964) theme was written by the composer Hoyt Curtin to be impossible for the Trombonists to play correctly, after getting ribbing from his Trombone section about writing music that was too easy to play.
P1MrV TIL there is a subspecies of Canada Goose once thought of as extinct, called the Giant Canada Goose, which grow from 17-24lbs in size, compared to the 7-9lbs of a typical Canada Goose
ZOXG TIL that in Ontario, Canada, the disabled do not need fishing licenses. Possession of any number of disabled-service documents (e.g. Parking permit, etc.) is equivalent to a fishing license.