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TIL polar explorers would treat snow blindness by dripping cocaine into their eyes.

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kJkx5 TIL steamed hamburgers are an actual regional delicacy (though in Central Connecticut).
QOyp TIL that H&R Block once discovered that their own taxes were too complex for them to manage.
gMGJD TIL Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989. He was frustrated with the fact that he had to go and ask his coworkers what data was on their computer so he can add it to his computer which led to him creating an application that became the world wide Web.
m1pry TIL of Gitarama Prison in Rwanda. Originally built for 400 inmates, it has housed up to 7000. Because of the massive overcrowding, prisoners are forced to stand for hours barefoot. It's also been reported that the inmates kill each other and eat the dead.
v1OML TIL of "Operation Snow White", an operation carried out by the Church of Scientology, was one of the largest infiltration of the US government in history.