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TIL there is a version of Sesame Street in Israel for introducing kids, who are not fluent in Hebrew, to Judaism. It is called "Shalom Sesame."

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R154 TIL some people have “blindsight.” They are blind due to damage in the brain’s visual cortex, but the eye and optic nerve are fine. They can’t consciously see anything but can guess their way through an obstacle course or guess the emotional content of a photo through intuition with decent accuracy.
gM6Lb TIL that in 2011, it was discovered by police that the 26 life-sized "dolls" that Russian academic Anatoly Moskvin kept in his apartment each contained a child's corpse. He had dug them up, planning to resurrect them through magic, and built the dolls to give them a body for their resurrection.
LkLmP TIL there is a village in the UAE, Nahva, wich is an enclave within an enclave. Oman is surrounding a small piece of the UAE, forming a counter-enclave.
epypb TIL that Apollo 12 3rd stage has been orbiting the earth-sun-moon system for over 50 years
R5Mkl TIL: Viagra can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's by 70%