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TIL that Large eyes may cause nearsightedness

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womGE TIL about the "Condordski" – the ill-fated Soviet answer to the Concorde
BM1b TIL that when trains were introduced in the U.S, many people believed that that “women’s bodies were not designed to go at 50 miles an hour.” And that their “uteruses would fly out of [their] bodies as they were accelerated to that speed.”
OGoj7 TIL that the Pope is the head of two separate and distinct sovereign entities. Vatican City, A Sovereign City State, and the Holy See, a sovereign juridical entity that acts as the Universal Catholic Central Government.
81y8 TIL Shirley Henderson, the girl who played 11 year old Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter, was the oldest actor to portray a student, being 45 years old.
nWayW TIL that Michelle McNamara--the True Crime author whose writing gave the Golden State Killer his name, but who tragically passed away before seeing the killer brought to justice--was also the wife of comedian Patton Oswalt, who voiced Remy (the rat) from Ratatouille.