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

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p8lQe TIL that in 1906, a man in Seattle was sentenced to one minute in jail for drunkenness and disorder. The original sentence was 30 days, but after an appeal and six months of litigation, it was shortened to one minute. He was kept in jail until the second hand of the jailer’s watch completed a circle
5YXRn TIL The Vikings are responsible for the widespread populace of domestic felines across the world, as they were used for mousing on Viking ships throughout history.
KYJDR TIL that the longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
mdap TIL a 10-year-old girl accidentally invented a molecule during her fifth grade science class.
4XBWb TIL that in Greece since there is so little available land, graves are only "leased" and people are buried for 3 years and then their families dig up their bones and another person is buried in the same grave.