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TIL that CNN has a video prepared to air at the end of the world

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VMdLZ TIL: If you gently press the bottom right corner of your eyeball through the eyelid, you see a little dark spot in the top left of your vision. This is because we see the world upside down, but our brain translate it so it looks right side up to us.
5YyBp TIL that Mustafa Ben Halim, who was Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Libya from 1954-57, is still alive at age 99 and is the world's oldest living head of government. He spent 42 years in exile from 1969 to 2011.
M7D0 TIL Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho first gained media attention when he was just 13 after his team won a game 23-0. He scored every single goal in the game.
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