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TIL: A new ‘Bionic’ lens can give people eyesight up to three times better than 20/20.

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Maem TIL Danny Elfman came up with the theme to ‘Batman’ on a flight from London but since he couldn’t write music he kept running to the bathroom to record himself on a tape recorder whenever he had a new idea, causing the flight attendants to think he was a junkie
Wk4vB TIL that in 1995 NASA updated an original study by Peter N Witt on the effects of various drugs on spiders and found similar results.
dDXBj TIL that in 1860 President Buchanan vetoed the Homestead Act, stating it was unfair to "old settlers" who had paid for the land.
ADMLn TIL that diesel trains are moved forward using electrical motors, the diesel engine is only used as a source to create electricity through a generator
oRrYo TIL that Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics talked so much trash to the opposing side, their bench would start cheering Larry when he scored and got fined by the league.