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TIL The stars and lights you see when you rub your eyes is called phosphenes

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b60Aa TIL about Toto Koopman, a Dutch-Indonesian model who worked as a spy for the Dutch Resistance in WWII, escaped imprisonment several times, pretended to be a nurse and forged papers to rescue women from the gas chamber and later became an archaeologist as well as found an influential art gallery.
9wPLG TIL that angry imported military camels roamed the Wild West
5V9pQ TIL John Doyle was attacked by a great white shark while surfing off the coast of West Africa. He made it back to shore, only to be mauled by lions on the way to the hospital. He survived both attacks and made a full recovery.
PY4Bg TIL Dixie Land was written by a Unionist, and a favorite song of Abraham Lincoln
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