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TIL Lacrosse was original created by Native North Americans

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QJ7XL TIL that all vertebrates have a blind spot where they are unable to perceive vision. This is the point where optic fibres pass front-to-back through the retina towards the brain. Thus, this spot has no photoreceptors.
jw4Q TIL Catch-18, Catch-17, Catch-11 were earlier titles for Catch-22. Catch-14 was rejected because it was “not a funny number.”
Lkvkd TIL: When given colored construction paper, wasps build rainbow colored nests
4XMLJ TIL The iconic Slinky toy was created during the development of a device designed to stabalise naval equipment during rough seas. Richard James knocked one of his springs off a bookshelf and it "stepped' down a pile of books.
R5VO7 TIL Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind was friends with Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes as struggling musicians, and one day they each played each other a new song they made. Those songs were Semi Charmed Life and Whats Up. These two songs they played would help lead to 17 million records being sold.