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TIL pirates wore an eyepatch to have one eye adjusted to the dark at all times. So, they could go below deck, swap the eyepatch, and instantly see in the dark.

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d897j TIL Ballooning is a process by which spiderlings and even some species of adult spiders move through the air by releasing one or more gossamer threads from their spinnerets to catch the wind becoming airborne sometimes for long distances and great heights at the mercy of air and electric currents.
rpKy TIL there was a magician by the name Jasper Maskelyne who used “magic” to help against the nazis in WWII. He would hide tools and maps in everyday objects and fool the nazis by using illusions.
jNaX TIL the groove on your upper lip just below your nose is called a philtrum. It is common among many mammals and has no known function.
XEjBD TIL: When Andrew Jackson became president of the USA, he was given a two-ton wheel of cheese as a gift from a farmer in New York. He left it in the White House foyer for a year and at his farewell party, he let everyone take as much as they wanted of it, leaving Jackson with barely any leftover.
Xw78 TIL that in 2001 Kim Jong Il’s eldest son was caught using a fake Dominican passport to enter Japan. When asked for an explanation, he said he “just wanted to visit Disneyland.” He was subsequently disowned by his father.