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TIL of the Anton-Babinski syndrome, a rare type of brain damage, where the person loses complete sense of sight, but is absolutely unaware of their blindness.

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kOARd TIL that Bob Graham's (38th Governor of Florida) political campaign included performing a full eight-hour workday of the various jobs that Floridian voters held. Starting in 1974, and totaling 408 workdays, jobs he worked included being a teacher, police officer, busboy, and construction worker.
l7M6A TIL that bumblebees can fly higher than the peak of Mt. Everest. Researchers put the bees in plexiglass chambers where they simulated different altitudes. While all bees were capable of flying at over 24,278 ft (7,400 m), two bees were capable of hovering at over 29,527 ft (9,000 m).
kOMYe TIL Because the Tigers drafted Patrick Mahomes for the MLB before he opted to instead play football, the Detroit Tigers baseball team has drafted more Superbowl winning QBs than the Detroit Lions football team.
5Y4AR TIL about Mudanjiang City Mega Farm, the biggest dairy farm in the world built in china to supply Russia needs of milk.
KAVG TIL that 60 years ago today, virologist Jonas Salk announced the first successful testing of a vaccine for Polio.