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TIL Crickets can chew through fiberglass window screens.

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4k04N TIL a teen who had a diet of French fries, Pringles, white bread, and an occasional slice of ham or sausage was found to have severe vitamin deficiencies and malnutrition damage, and he had developed blind spots in the middle of his vision. It is stated that his sight loss is permanent.
9wVGB TIL Venice has bridges that were designated as "fighting bridges", where rival clans would exchange fists and try to throw each other into the canal.
d855K TIL The Kop at Liverpool FC is named for the Liverpudlian soldiers who died in South Africa
4Pda TIL the “navel” in a navel orange is actually a second, conjoined twin orange within the same peel
wLp5o TIL that the US conducted experiments on their own troops by race back in WW2