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TIL that blind people can use echolocation to see

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R57g7 TIL about The Party of Moderate Progress Within the Bounds of the Law - an Austro-Hungarian satire party whose platform included mandatory alcoholism and reintroducing the Inquisition
JG78 TIL: Laws in Arkansas, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas prohibit people who don’t believe in God to hold the public office.
DQJRj TIL North Korea abducted at least 17 Japanese citizens between 1977 and 1983 to train spies in language and culture, and only five (and some of their children) have ever been returned.
5VkB TIL that when the Apollo team jettisoned their lunar module, the collision caused “the entire Moon [to ring] like a gong, vibrating and resonating for almost an hour after the impact.”
EgeQx TIL life didn't give us lemons, they are not naturally occurring. They are a hybrid fruit from selective breeding of the citron and the bitter orange