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TIL There is an island called “Just Enough Room”, where there’s just enough room for a tree and a house.

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VB1DZ TIL that badminton actually came from expatriate officers of British India, and used to be called “Poonah”!
O9XX TIL Eye movement in music reading is an extremely complex phenomenon that involves a number of unresolved issues in psychology. Despite some 30 studies in this area over the past 70 years, little is known about the underlying patterns of eye movement in music reading.
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