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TIL the prescription for infants' eyeglasses is identified using a technique called Retinoscopy

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BgxLL TIL that some tribes in Ethiopia view pregnant women as "corrupted by evil sprits." When the mothers are about to go into labour, they are sent out into the wilderness alone to deliver their own child in order to purify themselves
5YWEQ TIL the phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener is called Semantic Satiation.
XEovr TIL there is a species intermediate in size between a wallaby and a kangaroo. They are called wallaroos.
vPYgr TIL that the US Capitol building due to it being constructed of granite would fail safety levels of radiation for a nuclear power plant if it was built today.
R5rga TIL that actor Gary Cooper turned down the role of Rhett Butler in the 1939 film “Gone with the Wind,” and said that the film "is going to be the biggest flop in Hollywood history". Today, “Gone with the Wind” is the highest grossing movie of all time, adjusted for inflation.