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TIL Federico da Montefeltro lost one of his eyes in a tournament so he had the bridge of his nose removed to increase the field of vision of his remaining eye.

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xodk TIL that “Sun Dogs” are an atmospheric phenomenon that can make it appear as if there are multiple suns in the sky.
65wZ TIL the Qibya massacre, occurred in October 1953 when Israeli troops under Ariel Sharon attacked the village of Qibya in the West Bank. Sixty-nine Palestinian Arabs, two-thirds of them women and children, were killed. Forty-five houses, a school, and a mosque were destroyed.
jN1mj TIL the US Senate used the same gavel for 165 years until Richard Nixon cracked it
AD4ed TIL the OSIRIS-REx asteroid lander did not just land on an asteroid as it flew past, it's able to return to Earth and is actively returning a sample from the asteroid and is due to land in 2023.
v1657 TIL: A California medical school just got $200 million to invest in 'energy healing,' 'mineral infusions' and other alternative medicines