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TIL Abraham Lincoln had strabismus, aka a “lazy eye”. His left eye was said to roll upwards when he was tired or exited.

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ANXax TIL that because baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson was illiterate, and his wife usually signed his name, his actual autographs are very valuable. A signed photo of himself was the highest price ever paid for a sports photo, $1.47 million.
16KVd TIL that Elizabeth Taylor was deliberately late to her own funeral
we5W TIL that in the original Japanese version of Spirited Away, all of Chihiro’s character development is lost in the end, as she forgets her adventure in the Spirit World when she returns to Earth.
Oooa1 TIL that 'The Wall' by Pink Floyd was banned in South Africa in 1980 after the song was adopted by supporters of a nationwide school boycott protesting racial inequities in education under the apartheid regime.
jlLn TIL back in 2007 a Company Named Their MP3 Player the “I.Beat Blaxx”