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TIL that the notion that congenitally blind people can’t develop schizophrenia is a myth. There have been multiple confirmed cases of people born blind who were later also diagnosed with schizophrenia.

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X0kZX TIL In 1971, Alan Shepard hit a golf ball on the moon. He made four swings, “a shank” with the third, and on the fourth swing he caught the ball flush. “Miles and miles and miles,” he said to the TV audience
XEpW6 TIL of Stubby, a dog who helped the US forces in WWI, captured a German spy, and was given the rank of sergeant. His unofficial rank of sergeant outranked his owner, Corporal Robert Conroy.
ODB1 TIL when Futurama has Stephen Hawking as a character they do not simulate his voice but actually ask him to voice act
jROX TIL In 1969, the Woodstock concert was filmed for a documentary by a group of recent graduates from the NYU film school. A 26-year-old assistant director watched the show from a raised platform, never able to get away for food or to use the bathroom for three days. He was Martin Scorcese.
Y1dA TIL that a neutron star’s gravity is so immense, that the surface of the star is perfectly flat, and any ‘protrusions’ never exceed 5 mm. Also, neutron stars are usually around 13 km in diameter, yet a sugar cubed sized portion of the star would weigh more than Mt. Everest.