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TIL: Blindness is not all or nothing…it is a spectrum!

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VAwk TIL That Min Chiu Li, the first man to chemotherapeutically cure adult cancer patients, was fired by the NCI for his achievement.
LknMV TIL that in 1977, the FBI started to build a tunnel under the Soviet Embassy in Washington D.C to eavesdrop on the Soviets; the construction took years, was riddled with complications, and worse yet - the Soviets knew about the tunnel because of a tip-off
jNMdE TIL of Albert Stevens, a house painter that was unwittingly injected with plutonium and survived the highest known dose of radiation in any human
9YrXm TIL the singer Kelis, best known for the song "My Milkshake," is a Cordon Bleu-trained chef who leads cooking classes on AirBnB Experiences.
mdkP TIL the writer of “one flew over the cuckoo’s nest” Ken Kesey faked his own death and fled to mexico because he was caught in possession of marijuana