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Today I Learned that the Exxon Valdez disaster led to the creation of Credit Default Swaps, the financial instrument that massively contributed to the Global Financial Crisis.

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0wen1 TIL of Dr. Carlos Montezuma a Native American who was stolen by another Tribe and sold to an Italian photographer, who took him to Chicago to be educated. In 1889, Dr. Montezuma, was one of the first Native Americans to receive a degree in medicine. Later he fought for Native American rights.
5VVNp TIL that the Vietnam War is called the "Resistance War Against America" by the Vietnamese
Y7n1B TIL you're completely blind for about 40 minutes a day because of Saccadic masking. Without it, your life would be like watching a constant movie that's filmed with a shaky, handheld camera.
b9WXZ TIL that a LEGO Death Star built to the scale of a classic Minifigure would be 3.52 km in diameter, or 1066 stories high.
e0bV4 TIL Living things such as the jewel wasp can make their victims, cockroaches, into their "zombies".