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TIL that the trippy patterns that you see when you shut your eyes tightly are called phosphenes. They are caused by electrical charge produced in the retina and or mechanical stimuli such as rubbing your eyes

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b6XnN TIL The Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island, James Douglas, invited the Black community of San Francisco to settle there in 1858 and give them equal rights after they become British subjects
Me6n7 TIL About Africville, the black community of Halifax that was purposefully neglected by the city in an effort to make it un-livable. Halifax denied sewage, roads, and other services, even creating a toxic waste dump nearby, eventually Halifax bulldozed the community with people still in their houses
1akK8 TIL Gabriella Wilson, AKA H.E.R., is only 22 years old. She initially garnered attention around the age of 12 by winning Radio Disney's Next Big Thing contest. H.E.R. has been nominated for several Grammy awards for her R&B music.
j6jPn TIL that the 1963 Elvis Presley film "It Happened at the World's Fair" came about after Albert Rosellini, the Governor of Washington, suggested to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives that they make a movie in Seattle, Washington, which served as the site of the Century 21 Exposition.
0d65M TIL, in 2000, the April issue of the Romanian edition of Playboy magazine published an article titled 'How to Beat Your Wife Without Leaving Marks on Her Body' as an April Fool's joke. It backfired, and women's organizations in Romania spoke up in protest.