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YpYkr TIL solar eclipses took place both on the day Pope John Paul II was born and the day of his funeral.
gM0Xb TIL about Patient TN, who suffered two strokes permanently damaging his brain’s visual lobes. Despite being consciously blind, TN was able to navigate through a cluttered obstacle course perfectly, as his subconscious vision, aka “blindsight”, was still intact.
a8Pvb TIL there is no evidence that a first responder has actually experienced an fentanyl overdose from accidental exposure
wLZKo TIL the Beatles Wanted To Make A 'Lord Of The Rings' Movie In The '60s directed by Stanley Kubrick. Tolkien, who had the film rights at the time, shot the idea down. Kubrick then went on to make 2001: A Space Odyssey.
wL6Z6 TIL Bob Marley moved near his mother's residence in Wilmington, Delaware for a short time, during which he worked as a DuPont lab assistant and on the assembly line at a Chrysler plant in nearby Newark, under the alias Donald Marley.