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TIL: Mexico has succeeded in eliminating trachoma, a disease which is the leading cause of blindness worldwide.

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oBE5L TIL: Figure Skating got its name from skaters' abilities to trace patterns on the ice to be judged for motor control and accuracy. The rise of broadcasting the sport made the art difficult to follow on TV, so tracing was dropped in 1991, and younger athletes began winning based on difficult leaping.
78nN7 TIL during the last year of his life Jim Morrison would drink 3 bottles of whiskey per day
Nnp1 TIL that as of April 2010, Bill Gates had donated over $36,854,000,000 in his lifetime, which is more than one third of his current net worth of $82. billion.
ADDe4 It's a phobia, but other phobias don't give you that same woozy feeling.
m9WE TIL that the original flavour for Cap'n Crunch cereal was created in 1963, by Pamela Low, a flavorist at Arthur D. Little, and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire with a microbiology degree. The flavour was inspired by her grandmother, who used to serve brown sugar and butter over rice.