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TIL that people born blind have reported being able to see during NDE (near death experiences)

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oR5EL TIL “Edward Scissorhands” test screenings were so encouraging for 20th Century Fox, the president of the studio considered marketing the film on the scale of “E.T," but decided, “We have to let it find its place. We want to be careful not to hype the movie out of the universe.”
W7ZMA TIL about Typhoon Cobra. In 1944 it sank 3 US Navy destroyers, damaged 9 other ships and killed 790 men.
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POZe TIL Moses Fleetwood Walker was actually the first African-American to play in organized baseball. Walker broke the Color-Barrier in 1884 and played one season as the catcher of the Toledo Blue Stockings.
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