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TIL almost 3 billion living people have never used the Internet

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oBjRr TIL researchers found that when blind echolocators were listening to their echolocation clicks and echoes, the part of the brain normally used to see lights up.
bVnp TIL the Greek Navy commissioned a technologically-accurate trireme to be built in 1985, and that ship was used to prove that the legendary feats of ancient Athenian sailors were easily achievable with even untrained crews.
GYYaQ Short answer: It might be all in your head.
JmYB TIL In a Peruvian goldmine miners work for 30 days with no pay but on the 31st day they get to bring home as much ore as they can carry on their shoulders.
WQWd TIL That in Paris in 2010 an 18 month old infant fell from a 6th story window, bounced off the awning of a cafe below, and was then caught, unharmed, by a doctor who happened to be walking by.