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TIL not all gum trees are Eucalyptus trees

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mx9Xy TIL your brain/eyes will generate a "light show" (known as the Prisoner's Cinema) if kept in darkness for long periods of time. The phenomenon is reported by prisoners confined to dark cells and by others kept in darkness as well as; truck drivers, pilots and practitioners of intense meditation.
LQO0m TIL that the Simpsons episodes "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish" and "Burns, Baby Burns" were originally conceived as a single episode where Grampa and Mr. Burns are revealed to have fallen in love with the same woman while they were fighting in World War II, and the woman had a love child.
yWAX TIL Thomas Paine was condemned to be guillotined in the French Revolution. He survived because the prison officers marked the wrong side of his cell door by mistake, and didn’t notice when it was closed
9edB TIL that the countries with the highest rates of female in management positions are Russia, Latvia and Indonesia, while the lowest are the US, the UK, Spain, Denmark and Germany
a89VA TIL cow tipping is a myth and is not physically possible to do. There’s not a single YouTube video proving this has ever happened, despite what Hollywood or your 5th grade friend has told you.