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TIL of the phenomenon known as "Twin Films," in which two movie studios simultaneously release the same type of movie.

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QBjp TIL that a finger with nerve damage won’t wrinkle under water.
rRy1o TIL Operation Condor was a United States-backed campaign of political repression and state terror involving intelligence operations and assassination of opponents, officially and formally implemented in November 1975 by the right-wing dictatorships of the Southern Cone of South America.
loWAr TIL if you pee in the shower every day you’ll save an approximate 1000 gallons per person per year If every American did it we would conserve over 209 billion gallons of water a year topic starts at 2:08
E1y8o TIL that Elizabeth Blackwell was accepted by mistake by Hobart College (then Geneva Medical College), and she matriculated. Many MD’s refused to work with her, but she persevered and graduated.
OBP6 TIL you should look away from your computer every 20 min. and gaze at something 20 ft. away from you for 20 sec. to help with computer eye strain - called the “20-20-20 rule”