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TIL that BVD (binocular vision dysfunction) is when your eyes can’t properly see the world as a single image. It can lead to headaches, reading issues, light sensitive, and even ADHD.

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8GxZ TIL That artificial photosynthesis may one day be incorporated into all building materials.
Rxnl TIL the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has detoriated severely since it was built in 1921. A private citizen paid for a replacement flawless marble slab cut from the same quarry used for the original. The government rejected the replacement and it has sat over a decade unused.
mxaly TIL that caffeine has a half life of 5.7 hours on average. So even if you only drink coffee in the morning, it'll still be in your system when you go to bed.
j6GNa TIL that the cute geography cone snail kills fish and then eats them by first immobilizing them with a cloud of insulin, sending them into hypoglycemic shock, and then injecting them with venom to kill them.
KOe46 TIL of a band called Tout-à-Coup Jazz. Tout-à-Coup's guitarist Thomas Sankara became the President of Burkina Faso in 1983 before being killed in a military coup organised by the singer of Tout-à-Coup.