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TIL that people born blind cannot become schizophrenic

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M74QW TIL that Japan has a town named "Usa" which many believed was deliberately named to promote goods as "Made in USA"
nePYr TIL in 1983 the top dart players of the world including all active former world champions broke away from the British Darts Organization and founded their own organization, and although there have been conciliation movements, the split remains to this day.
PYXpw TIL Mount Rushmore was supposed to be a sculpture of each president from head to waist but it ran out of funding so only the heads were finished
v1jK7 TIL that a Concorde supersonic airliner was once painted bright blue in Pepsi livery to promote the soda company's new logo. It had to slow down in flight so that the blue paint didn't overheat from air friction.
78Dmp TIL that the Candiru (cetopsis) in the Amazon bites and rotates to get inside of his victim and eats you from the inside out in a frenzy by the dozens! Unlike the more famous and smaller bloodsucking Candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa) that is supposed to swim in to your private parts!