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TIL if you see light like this in a dark room, you can see microscopic solid and liquid particulates in your eye. (see desc)

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OGMBe TIL that arabs had banned the export of unroasted coffee beans so that everyone would have to continue buying it from them but an Indian saint Budan smuggled 7 seeds in his beard risking capital punishment thereby starting the coffee production in India and ending arabian monopoly on it.
d8djQ TIL about David Harding who was addicted to Irish sausages, eating up to 13 Irish sausages a day and often desperately searching for more. Noting "I genuinely cannot bear the thought of living without sausages" he sought counseling to deal with his addiction.
PjaG TIL that the founders of Adidas and Puma are brothers, and were Nazis
wJbY TIL In 1669, King Louis XIV banned the use of pointed dinner knives to discourage violent stabbing and tooth-picking at the dinner table, which eventually lead to the popularity of the modern butter knife.
lE51 TIL that Scientists Have Set New ‘Standard’ With Map of the Universe at an Ultra-Precise 1 Percent