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TIL In addition to being blind, Stevie Wonder temporarily lost his sense of smell and taste after a car crash in 1973

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N5dJ TIL that after Hitler ordered the deportation of Denmarks Jewish population, Danish citizens organized a massive evacuation of the Jews to neutral Sweden, despite the risks. In the end, 99% of Danish Jews survived the Holocaust
R7beQ TIL a man committed a perfect crime and was caught anyway. While in jail, he investigated how this was possible and discovered a secret new surveillance device the government developed.
4kRxw TIL that mystery flavor candies are made whenever the factory switches to a different flavor. They don’t clean the lines when they switch so two flavors mix together. This avoids downtime and wastes product.
R57ya TIL of the United States Camel Corps, a mid-19th-century experiment by the United States Army in using camels as pack animals in the Southwestern United States. The Civil War interfered with the experiment and it was eventually abandoned; the animals were sold at auction.
lo9Dr TIL how Santa Barbara California got its name. On December 4, 1602, Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino sailed through the Santa Barbara Channel, which he named in honor of St. Barbara’s Feast Day. It wasn’t until 1782 that the town of Santa Barbara received its name.