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TIL Just like right/left handedness , we are right/left eyed.

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R7DYj TIL about the Bonnacon, a medieval mythical beast that had curling horns and a mane and took down enemies with a jet of caustic feces.
bJla TIL the iconic march in “The Bridge On The River Kwai” was whistled because the WW2 lyrics “Hitler has only got one ball” were considered too vulgar.
yQv8e TIL that a man named Joseph Bolitho Johns (Moondyne Joe) escaped prison so many times that a special secure prison was built for him. A confident jailor said "if you get out again, I will set you free". Moondyne escaped that as well. He was caught again two years later but jailor kept his word.
eG6n TIL Black US servicemen on duty in Australia during WWII were treated so poorly by their white superiors that they rioted and are said to have used 30,000 rounds of machine gun ammo firing at the tents of their white superiors.
a8XjL TIL to never again buy a single stock and rather just buy an S&P 500 index fund. I bought $10,000 worth of PYPL back in 2021 & I'm down almost 70%. PayPal sank 19% after issuing a weak 2026 profit forecast. They never capitalized on post pandemic trends and really innovated since 2020.