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oBrlR TIL it is not until around the fifth month that the eyes are capable of working together to form a three-dimensional view of the world and begin to see in depth.
Reel TIL that two babies were switched at birth, one family was rich and the other poor, the rich couple’s biological baby became a truck driver and the poor couple’s biological baby became a CEO of a company
4rJN TIL perfume is located at the front of department stores in part because department-store pioneer Harry Selfridge placed his there to mask the odors of manure and exhaust from the street.
VBvPD TIL I learned the largest bat colony in the world is located in Texas. Bracken Cave, just north of San Antonio is home to over 15 million Mexican free-tailed bats. Tours allow visitors to watch a dramatic display of bats emerging at dusk to hunt insects.
E1OR7 TIL Jim Henson is on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as both himself and "Kermit The Frog". Only three other people have received this honor. Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse; Mel Blanc and Bugs Bunny; and Mike Myers and Shrek.