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TIL Rain Man (Kim Peek), was the only savant known to science who could read 2 pages of a book simultaneously – one with each eye.

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pXjb TIL Rogue Waves appear without warning and are extremely huge(ex. 65 feet high) and dangerous. Rogue waves are often steep(cliff like) with very deep troughs. A widely reported phenomenon among sailors for centuries but only recently(30ish years) documented and witnessed with measurable equipment.
ryVy TIL The Slender Man is protected by copyright by Eric Knudsen, the man who originally came up with the concept on SomethingAwful
AVb7 TIL that the cost of “Prometheus” movie budget would be enough to keep the search for real extraterrestrial life going for 52 years
jNWLj TIL that baseball players have tried to fool base runners into an out by using a fake ball made with a frozen, painted potato. The hidden potato trick has a hundred year history, and was last used in a 1987 minor league game.
R7aV9 TIL the world’s oldest pool of water was found 2 miles down a Canadian mineshaft and dated at ~2 billion years old. By observing the sulphate in the water, researchers were also able to confirm that single-celled organisms had inhabited the pool at some point.