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TIL the retina in your eye is actually considered to be part of the brain

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rb91 TIL A Dutch door is a door divided horizontally in such a fashion that the bottom half may remain shut while the top half opens. The initial purpose of this door was to keep animals out of farmhouses, or keep children inside, while allowing light and air to filter through the open top.
xVR4b TIL that the brand we all have come to know as "3M" stands for Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing and it was started in 1902 by a lawyer, a doctor, 2 railroad execs, and a meat market owner.
wB1M TIL Tesla stereo systems go to 11 in honor of This Is Spinal Tap
kJ9RE TIL in the late-1990s the old five and dime department store chain F. W. Woolworth shifted focus to its high-performing specialty shoes division, and in 2001 changed its name to Foot Locker.
wGno TIL of The Magnificent Seven. Seven large elephants from Kruger national park that had at least one tusk weighing over 50 kg (110 lb). The largest tusks reached 3 meters (10 feet) in length.