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TIL about Duane Syndrome, a congenital condition in which one eye can not move horizontally while the other eye is unimpaired

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VBwJ4 TIL The origins of hummus are hotly debated with the Lebanese, Turks, Syrians and Israelis all claiming to have invented the dish. International lawsuits and appeals to the UN and the EU have resulted from the so called 'hummus wars.' We do know the dish is likely about 700 years old
DwvV TIL that Sir Ian McKellen, broke down an cried whilst filming ‘The Hobbit’ because he had to film with a just a green screen instead of with other actors, he said “this is not why I became an actor”
Kbga TIL that some ancient Chinese nobles would commit suicide through the consumption of salt
m4Gx TIL The Catholic Church didn’t pardon Galileo until 1992 when Pope Johm Paul II admitted Galileo was right, 349 years after the condemnation.
Anvx TIL in 1996 the ‘Titanic’ crew accidentally ate PCP spiked clam chowder