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TIL Nelson Mandela wasn’t removed from the US terror watch list until 2008

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R5d5j TIL Jute twine, used in gardening and packaging, is still manufactured in Czechia today
xVELw TIL that everyone is actually blind in one part of their vision, and you can easily see this in action right now with a simple test. The cause is nerve fibers blocking the retina, and your brain just fills in this spot with surrounding images, so you don't normally notice it.
x67Kw TIL auto brewery syndrome is a condition in which your body turns some food into alcohol.
b9mA7 TIL that the word ‘gyrle’, now spelled ‘girl’, used to be gender neutral. It was used to refer to any young child.
Wnno TIL Hurricane Katrina caused an 85 percent reduction in the amount of babies named Katrina