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TIL Scientists created a clock that won’t lose a second in 13.7 billion years

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xWy7 TIL a philosophy riddle from 1688 was recently solved. If a man born blind can feel the differences between shapes such as spheres and cubes, could he, if given the ability, distinguish those objects by sight alone? In 2003 five people had their sight restored though surgery, and, no they could not.
xxp5 TIL The famous author Upton Sinclair was arrested for reading the 1st Amendment in public during a Union meeting supporting strikers. The arresting officer remarked, “We’ll have none of that Constitution stuff.”
r6jy TIL there is a real meteor in the movie JAWS.
9YKgB TIL Every 2 years, 2 ATMs nicknamed, "The Loneliest ATM" in remote Alaska are serviced and brought up to speed and technology. The vendors chosen for that job undergo a psychological exam and a physical to make sure they’re equipped to deal with the Antarctic climate in case they get held over.
gMDDA TIL the last two Jews in Afghanistan hated each other so much the Taliban had to step in and mediate, imprisoning both, but then releasing both after their "constant bickering became too annoying"