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TIL Without eye movements, the human field of view is around 150 degrees vertically, and 200–220 degrees horizontally, out of which 114 degrees are covered by both eyes so offer depth perception

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ZpLB TIL that smoking shouldn’t have been banned on airplanes because they recycled the air more frequently w/smokers in the cabin. Now, airborne viruses and bacteria are much more harmful and CO2 levels are higher–all to save airline companies money.
QNNn6 TIL that pilot and co-pilot of a plane eat different meals for meal service in case of food poisoning
n0LG TIL the parents of an 11 year old boy were arrested and had their children temporarily taken away for letting him stay in their front yard alone for 90 minutes.
lo5Qa TIL Bayard Rustin was told to move to the back of a bus, but stopped when a white child reached out to grab his tie, before being scolded by its mom. He thought, “I owe it to that child, that it should be educated to know that blacks do not want to sit in the back”. He was then arrested and beaten.
6EReW TIL The deep-dish pizza was invented in 1943 when someone at the small pizza shop Pizzeria Uno in Illinois decided to make a pizza using a cake mold.