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TIL that the tiny white dots you can see when looking at a bright blue sky are actually white blood cells moving in front of the retina.

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YppxB TIL that the same side of the moon is always facing the Earth.
vN74 TIL all of the tin produced in the US is recycled. The United States has neither mined tin since 1993 nor smelted tin since 1989, but it was the largest secondary producer, recycling nearly 14,000 tonnes in 2006.
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