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TIL that Osama bin Laden had the 'Charlie bit my finger' video on his computer when his compound was raided.

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JYwMk TIL the idiom "Turning a blind eye" is attributed to Admiral Horatio Nelson who, in the midst of battle and given the permission to retreat by his superior, lifted the telescope to his eye (blinded from an earlier injury) and said "I really do not see the signal" and pressed on with the attack.
pkKN TIL that traditional Japanese buildings do not use nails or glue. Instead, timbers are connected by elaborate dovetail joints.
5YWvr TIL: There is a medical condition called Achromatopsia in which people only see black, white, and shades of gray.
OG804 TIL 51-year-old electrician Mike McDermott broke the odds of 1 in 283 billion by winning the lotto TWICE in one year, doing it both times using the same numbers!
PeOL TIL that Married With…Children was a reactionary TV show meant to contrast The Cosby Show; whereas The Cosbys were the first affluent black loving family on TV, the Bundy’s were the first who were all white, poor and hated each other. In fact, the working title was originally “Not The Cosbys”.