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TIL that nobody who was born blind has ever developed schizophrenia

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xeK5 TIL that after losing the ability to walk from Parkinsons you can still ride a bicycle perfectly. [video + article]
yQyPJ TIL that the Plague of the Middle Ages likeky did not make 10% Europeans resistant to HIV by increasing the frequency of a protective genetic mutation (CCR5-Ä32), scientists DNA tested 4900 year old skeletons and found the mutation was already common in the Bronze Age
0opR TIL Google’s most efficient data center runs at 95 degrees using only fresh air cooling, which means no air conditioning units burning through electricity every day; the servers run so hot that humans cannot go near them for extended periods.
g6V4 TIL Napoleon’s Penis was once sold for $3000 and could be worth about $100k today.
VBWVZ TIL Strom Thurmond was the first person to be elected senator as a write-in candidate where the other candidate had ballot access.