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TIL: There is a bar in Canada named after Zaphod Beeblebrox. And it serves Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters!

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W7EkX TIL of a very rare condition called Anton syndrome, in which a person becomes blind however they are unaware of it and will deny it, as their brain generates (false) visual images so they continue to believe that they can see.
b6E04 TIL the Japanese captured the USS Stewart, the "Ghost Ship of the Pacific", in WWII after being scuttled. They raised her from the bottom, repaired the ship, and commissioned her into the Japanese fleet, sailing around the Pacific performing escort duties.
9YydM TIL almost 20 years after the attacks experts are still working to identify remains of 9/11 victims
PekJ TIL: While in Womb, Babies Begin Learning Language From Their Mothers
9wA1Q TIL the daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Marie-Thérèse, was Queen of France for 20 minutes, the time between Charles X signing his abdication in favor of her husband and her husband, Louis Antoine, signing his abdication in favor of his nephew. Despite that, Louis Philippe became king.