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TIL of Dr. William Moon—a one-eyed man who developed his own reading system for the blind in the 1840s after finding other methods unreliable. He called his method “Moon Code” and based it off of simplified Roman letters, which allowed almost anyone to learn it extremely quickly.

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69v08 TIL the Apollo 12, 16, and 17 American flags planted on the moon are the only flags left that are only visible from earth using the Lunar Reconnaissance Oribiter.
6EAGw TIL There are freshwater jellyfish in the Landlocked state of Arkansas
PYBe TIL that the long safety grooves in concrete were originally designed by NASA and have reduced highway accidents by 85%
7redL TIL the Carménère grape was considered extinct. That was until 1994 when a oenologist went to Chile and discovered that the Merlot he was tasting was, in fact, Carménère. Turns out the grape was accidentally planted and preserved when it was mistaken for Merlot.
EnK0 TIL Daft Punk named their band after a negative review that dubbed their music as “a bunch of daft punk.”