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Today I learned that people with poor eyesight tend to be more intellectually inclined.

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b6evQ TIL there is a 1/25th scale version of the Suez Canal in a French lake to train ship captains.
16Q4P TIL since 1850, more than 5,000 individuals have attempted to cross Niagara Falls, either intentionally (as stunts or suicide attempts) or accidentally. Of these, only 16 have survived.
ADPg7 TIL that E. B. White, author of "Charlotte's Web" and "Stuart Little," co-authored a spoof of sex manuals with James Thurber titled "Is Sex Necessary?"
16r58 TIL that the popular Chinese dating game show If You Are The One, was looked upon unfavorably by Chinese authorities for spreading the 'wrong values' and 'advocating materialism'.
4EgX TIL in 2009 ChumbaWamba recorded an EP to be released in the event of Margaret Thatcher’s death.