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TIL JRR Tolkien typed the entirety of the Lord of the Rings using a two finger pecking style

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9YlJr TIL if any crimes occur at the McMurdo station in Antarctica, the US attorney in the district of Hawaii handles the case
9wrGp TIL in 2015 30-70% of all internet traffic in India was estimated to be pornography, despite it being ostensibly illegal
VVxk TIL horses have the largest eyes of any land mammal, have excellent day and night vision, but they have two-color, or dichromatic vision; their color vision is somewhat like red-green color blindness in humans, where certain colors, especially red and related colors, appear as a shade of green.
4k4Ro TIL that honey is the only food that cannot spoil
KOdnQ TIL about claqueurs—audience members paid to cheer. It was common in theater/opera before fading out 70 yrs ago. The Bolshoi Theater still has them—they give dancers an extra moment to catch their breath at key points. Claqueurs can get revenge on agreement-breakers by applauding at wrong moments.