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TIL that people born blind cannot become schizophrenic

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MWnB TIL in 2007, A prototype submitted to the FCC would have enabled free high speed wireless internet country-wide. It was rejected. Engineers later recovered the unit and opened it there: It’d been damaged - the other sent unit worked perfectly. The FCC refused comment.
oBJ6W TIL Between 2011 and 2013, more cement was consumed in China than what was used across the entire US over the course of the 20th century
458g TIL of the Mojave Desert phone booth, a phone booth 60 miles from paved roads that is now a conference number to talk to strangers who also call 760-733-9969
Zpl9o TIL the video game 'GoldenEye 007' was banned in Germany for 23 years (1997-2021) listed as "Media Harmful to Young Persons."
v1XLR TIL The cartoon character mascots on children’s cereal boxes are deliberately drawn to make direct eye contact with children when on shelves, so that the child fosters loyalty with the character from the cereal brand.