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TIL that starving men can sense the Earth's magnetic field when exposed to blue light.

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0wo7R TIL during world War II, the army would pour ice cold water in the ear of "draft dodgers" who pretended to be deaf. The normal response is to turn the eyes to the ear with cold water (Caloric reflex. About half of deaf lack this reflex). No response = truly deaf. Response = Possible draft dodger.
JpYj TIL in 1999 Google brought in 16 students to test out their search engine. Upon reaching the site, they sat still for 45 seconds…just staring. Worried, Google finally asked what was wrong. All 16 responded the same: they were waiting for the rest of the page to load.
E9WP TIL The man who was allegedly assaulted in a McDonald’s for wearing a cybernetic eye (Steve Mann) was also assaulted in 2004, and the attack also damaged the memory buffer of his device and stored images of the attacker.
9kom TIL Blake Anderson (of Workaholics) proposed to his girlfriend on the spot when he had found out she was diagnosed with cancer.
RVY1 TIL Time Warner Cable significantly changes its offering depending on whether or not it has a monopoly on the market.