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TIL that the high number of soldiers blinded during World War I, in some cases due to poison gas, led Germany to start the first school for guide dogs.

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P8MJ TIL There is a whole subculture dedicated to finding “Hidden Mickey Mouse” images in all things Disney
RMP9 TIL the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous advocated the regular use of LSD to aid recovering alcoholics.
wowjW TIL in 1929 in the first Academy Awards four films were nominated for best cinematography and George Barnes was cinematographer for three of them. He lost to the fourth film (Sunrise).
gMvGL TIL the "lifespan" of the electron is 66,000 yottayears (6.6 × 1028 years) or about 5 quintillion times longer than the current age of the universe.
ned5o TIL that in a 1993 press release, id Software had written that they expected Doom to be "the number one cause of decreased productivity in businesses around the world". Doom indeed became a problem in workplaces like Microsoft and Intel, and educational institutes like University of Louisville.