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TIL, There is a doctor in California that can turn brown eyes blue permanently.

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EGE0 TIL: In europe they have “Social Supermarkets” that allow the poor to buy discarded goods from normal supermarkets at very cheap prices.
rNyEe TIL about Mount Kumgang, a North Korean resort that was opened in 1998 for Southern vacationers during a time of increased North-South cooperation. However, South Korea suspended tours in 2008 when a SK woman was shot dead after wandering into an off limits area. It was later demolished in 2022.
GXoJ TIL that Kim Peek, the inspiration for the movie Rain Man, was a savant born with significant brain damage who has read over 12,000 books and remembers everything he’s read in them. He reads two pages at once, one with each eye, and remembers it all.
jNvdX TIL the summit of Mount St Helens, when it erupted in 1980, was actually private property owned by the Burlington Northern railroad. Subsequently, they donated the 650 acres of land (now a vast crater) to the US Forest Service.
xV48w TIL: Nearly 250,000 Americans die every year from medical errors, making it the third leading cause of death in the country.