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TIL a teenager who is blind has been able to play quarterback for a California high school football team by memorizing each play and by communications from his father on the sideline who is able to narrate the visuals to him using a walkie talkie.

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x61Lo TIL Male honeybees,called drones, soul purpose is to mate with the queen bee, if they get the chance to mate they die right after. Despite not really doing anything else in the matriarchal hive they are vital for survival of the species.
4oNw TIL in June 1939, just 3 months before Hitler would invade Poland (and England would declare war on Germany), USA had an army that was smaller than the army of Portugal
Men8m TIL about rogue waves which for centuries, scientists believed were a myth, despite eyewitness accounts from returning mariners. The first real measurement only occurred on Jan 1, 1995 where it was recorded on an oil-drilling platform off the coast of Norway.
JYjyk TIL Canadians are entitled to receive a free flag from the government ($150 value), but the waiting period is 99 years
Z8AYG TIL of the Chinese social credit system, which will be used to exclude citizens from flights, schools, loans etc. Based on their "score" received from monitoring of everyday activity