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TIL Birds have two fovea, meaning they can switch between focusing on their central vision and their peripheral vision. You never know when a bird is looking directly at you.

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Ypgrr TIL that Helen Magill White was the first American woman to earn a PhD. Raised by a Quaker father who believed she have the same education as her brothers, Helen attended Boston University, where in 1877, she earned a doctorate in Greek. Her thesis “the Greek Drama” was discovered at Cornell in 2018
l77D1 TIL MIT engineers made the first-ever plane with no moving parts by using electricity to ionize air (2018).
kJevW TIL that Botulinum toxin is the most poisonous substance known. It is estimated that a single gram of crystalline toxin, evenly dispersed & inhaled, can kill more than one million people and a couple of kg would kill every human on earth.
VgG4 TIL there is a cruise ship that runs between Stockholm and Helsinki with the primary purpose of purchasing and consuming cheap alcohol
4vL6 TIL in 1963 San Francisco Giants manager Alvin Dark is said to have joked, They’ll put a man on the moon before pitcher Gaylord Perry hits a home run. 1 hour after the 1969 moon landing he hit his first career homerun.