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TIL Paprika is made from Bell Pepper

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xV6O1 TIL according to North Korea unicorns exist and there is a grave near a temple in Pyongyang
Wk8Yd TIL a new kind of artificial cornea successfully restored sight in a 78-year-old man. The surgery uses a lens which can more easily replace damaged tissue in a simpler surgery. Immediately after the surgery, the patient was able to recognize family members and read numbers on an eye chart.
VBrkp TIL that on 25/2/1991, the Patriot missile system failed at an airbase in Saudi Arabia, allowing a Scud missile to hit the airbase, killing 28. A build up of small timing errors caused by errors in the internal clock led to the system failing to detect the missile on time. A patch was issued on 26/2
LbGP TIL that in 2012, the entire village of Sodeto in Spain won the lottery… Except for one guy.
nWLdb TIL in 1938 a New York wallet manufacturer placed a sample Social Security card inside each of its wallets sold nationwide to show that the cards fit. The card included the real Social Security number of a company secretary. Over the years more than 40,000 people used that same number as their own.