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TIL Gary Numan is 13 days older than Gary Oldman

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1a5B7 Today I learned the aircraft carrier ARA Veinticinco de Mayo of the Argentine navy was originally a British Colossus class Aircraft carrier form WWII. She was sold to the Netherlands and then to Argentine Navy ultimately partcipating in the Falklands war against her original builders, the British.
4XkwR TIL all New Orleans public schools were closed indefinitely in the wake of Katrina and students now attend private or public charter schools.
4k0mR TIL Psychologist B.F. Skinner tried to train pigeons to serve as guides for bombing runs in WWII. After canceling the project, he successfully taught the pigeons to play ping pong instead.
YpgMx TIL that 620 million years ago there were only 21.9 hours in a day, and 400 days in a year.
NrmM TIL a 67-year-old lived his entire life stereoblind, or unable to properly experience depth perception, until he went to a theater and saw Hugo in 3D. He was blown away by the experience of depth during the movie, and afterward the ability stayed, curing him of his condition.