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TIL the green visors accountants used to wear helped lessen eyestrain from harsh incandescent lights.

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rNk1M TIL about Lake Natron in Tanzania, which is so dangerously alkaline thanks to the magmatic limestone from a nearby volcano, any animal that dies and falls in is mummified. The only animals that go there are lesser flamingos, who use it as a mating ground, and even they sometimes die.
GYDO4 TIL about Sunflower syndrome. A condition that compels those who suffer from it to turn toward bright light and wave one hand, fingers spread, in front of their eyes. It’s usually the same hand every time.
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MWWB TIL That Robert De Niro was so dedicated that he gained 30 pounds for Raging Bull, lived in Sicily for Godfather II, ground his teeth for Cape Fear, became a cab driver for Taxi Driver and learnt to play the saxophone for New York, New York
vPj6B TIL about Pérák, the Spring Man of Prague, who began as an urban legend during the Nazi occupation of the Czech capital city and later became a pop-culture antifascist superhero.