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TIL: The image that is created from the retina is flipped upside and inverted. Our brains correct this allowing you to read this.

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JYk1V TIL That from 1906-1920, there was a movement in the US to remove all silent letters and irregular spellings from the English language (eg: although->altho), funded by Andrew Carnegie and supported by Teddy Roosevelt
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