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TIL of Charles Bonnet Syndrome, a medical disorder in which people with total blindness or impaired vision can suddenly hallucinate entire scenes in vivid color as if they were seeing normally, these episodes can last for a few minutes and can even reoccur for years

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a8ojA TIL that Jack White from The White Stripes got his last name from his then wife and bandmate, Meg White. They divorced in 2000 and continued touring together for decade, until they disbanded in 2011. Jack, who has re-married 2 times, still uses the "White" lastname to this day
EgOZ0 TIL that Teddy Roosevelt co-led an expedition to South America where he navigated a newly discovered river called the "River of Doubt"
Eg98V TIL that the oldest known impacted wisdom tooth belonged to a European woman who lived between 13,000 and 11,000 BCE. Molar impaction was a rare condition prior to the modern era: it became ten times more common after the introduction of soft, processed foods.
yVlaJ TIL In 2015, a long-forgotten tape in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library containing a private conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in 1985 was discovered. It revealed a friendly moment between Reagan and Mulroney
LRRQ TIL mongooses were introduced to Hawaii to control the invasive rat population. However, rats are nocturnal and mongooses are diurnal. Hawaii now has a problem with both.