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TIL that rubbing your eyes mechanically excites visual receptors in your eye that perceive light, which is why you see spots after

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6BPQ TIL that there was a real “Inglorious Basterds” operation in Nazi Germany, which ended with Jewish US soldiers negotiating the surrender of Innsbruck after being tortured.