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TIL That some people can't wink, or can only wink one eye but not the other.

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oBa07 TIL of French inventor Charles-Émile Reynaud. He invented the Théâtre Optique, a device for projecting film made several years before the cinematograph (the first widespread projector). Reynaud made the first animated films ever but threw them into a river in a fit of depression. All but one is lost
bpZ0 TIL There actually exists a duck-size horse. Her name is Thumbelina.
0wxPy TIL Cleveland Indians pitcher Ray Caldwell was struck by lightning in the middle of a game. He got up, finished the inning, and won the game.
XE0KE TIL that spiders can fly for miles and have been found 2.5 miles above earth surface.
OoK6X TIL following difficulties with understanding regional accents and dialects, in 2010 a translator firm started actively looking for interpreters who know the Scouse and Geordie variations of English.