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TIL: Some people can hear their eyes move

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6EW4Y TIL Alfonso Ribeiro, best known for his dorky dancing Carlton character in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, started his career as a highly trained dancer. Before Carleton he had tap danced on Broadway, danced in a Pepsi commercial with Michael Jackson, and released a break dancing instructional video.
XEeyQ TIL Coke was sued for the "unwarranted health claims" on their product Vitamin water. Coke's defense was "no consumer could reasonably be misled into thinking vitamin water was a healthy beverage."
ANZew TIL pollen research from the Sea of Galilee and Dead Sea show a devastating drought from 1250 to 1100 BCE caused the collapse of civilization in the Late Bronze Age.
yQyOw TIL that the method of pasteurizing grape juice to halt it from naturally turning into wine has been attributed to a British–American physician and dentist, Thomas Bramwell Welch. Welch was also active in the Underground Railroad and aided in the transportation of freed slaves to Canada.
k7rd TIL America ranks #14 (behind Russia at #13) in reading, math, science, literacy and graduation rates.