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TIL Aphantasia is a condition affecting 1 to 3% of people. Its mind or imagination blindness. People with Aphantasia cannot visualize anything in the minds.

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VBRDB TIL the term "care package" was originally invented by the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe (CARE), an NGO established in 1945, and the term is still a registered trademark of that organisation
rNXm4 TIL that before ice cream cones were invented, people used "penny licks" to eat ice cream from street vendors: a small glass which the customer would lick clean and return to the vendor. They were banned in 1898 due to concerns about the spread of disease, particularly cholera and tuberculosis.
mG4O TIL in early Arthurian Literature Lancelot was involved in a love triangle with Guinevere and another knight, Galehaut. The focus of this love triangle was not Guinevere, but Lancelot himself.
VBmEQ TIL Babe Pig in the City was originally rated PG & featured a number of dark deleted scenes
699DX TIL Statue of Liberty sized industrial machines weighing over 8,000 tons are moved to their final location after being built. This requires roads, bridges, and docks built for this specific purpose.