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TIL An 11 year old girl could not afford running shoes, so she wrapped her feet in tape and drew a Nike logo on it. She won several gold medals in local competitions.

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ZpP5v TIL that video gaming causes increases in the brain regions responsible for spatial orientation, memory formation and strategic planning as well as fine motor skills.
J1yjj TIL that I, and 1 in 5 of you, have anisocoria—pupils that are generally different sizes. This doesn’t intrinsically represent a medical issue, but can be caused by a couple things, I.e. Horner’s Syndrome, Adie tonic pupil, oculomotor nerve palsy etc.
RO78 TIL The Object 269, created by Soviet engineers in 1959, was a tank that was designed to survive a nuclear explosion.
ZrQD TIL that the in Japan there is an underwater mailbox. Up to 1500 letters are dropped here by divers each year.
NrjM TIL The tallest building in the world (Burj Khalifa) was built without sewage, so all poop must be trucked out.