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TIL that no person born blind has developed schizophrenia

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XbDj TIL that the sadistic captain of the guard in The Shawshank Redemption is also the voice actor for Mr Krabs
pl1O TIL that bioluminescence is one of the most common and least understood forms of communication on Earth.
m10pO TIL that, before it was known that birds migrated in the winter, it was a commonly accepted theory that birds dug holes and buried themselves in the ground during the cold months. In fact, Aristotle claimed he had found "swallows and kites [...] in holes in the ground".
m1mBy TIL the final televised tobacco ad in the US was shown at the last moment legally possible during the Tonight Show