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5D8Q TIL that Stevie Wonder is blind because he was born six weeks premature, which, along with the oxygen-rich atmosphere in the hospital incubator, resulted in retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a condition in which the growth of the eyes is aborted and causes the retinas to detach
Zpl1G TIL that before SpaceX was allowed to land the Falcon9 rockets at Vandenberg California, they had to test if the native sea lions would be bothered by the sonic booms
eD9D TIL that there was an Order of Temperance in the Middle Ages; members pledged to drink no more than 7 glasses of wine with each meal
XOrk TIL: There is a Canadian car manufacturing company that produces a cheap electric car. There’s one catch, it can’t be sold in Canada
gM9ey TIL 7/11 is named after their 'new' hours of 7am-11pm which were unprecedented in 1946, and they didn't experiment with 24-hour stores until 1963.