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TIL Scallops have 200 eyes, each with two retinas that use curved mirrors to focus light.

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ADwyo TIL - The USA has a record of 0-22 in Olympic Men’s field hockey, yet still have a bronze medal, because only three teams participated at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.
dD9YQ TIL Franz Kafka held a lifelong belief that other people found him mentally and physically repulsive. In reality, many who met him found him to be handsome, intelligent, and possessing a good sense of humor.
dDpmB TIL cats become significantly more hypoallergenic if they are fed eggs from chickens which have had long term exposure to other cats.
neM8B TIL the narrator in the new Call of Duty ColdWar Teaser trailer was a real KGB spy named Yuri Bezmenov, and the speech he gave in 1984 highlights what is happening in America today.
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