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TIL the human eye can only move smoothly when it is tracking a target

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BGYL TIL: Green olives and black olives are not different species. The distinction reflects whether they were picked before or after ripening.
5Y49B TIL Phantosmia is a condition that causes you to smell odors that aren't actually present. When this happens, it's sometimes called an olfactory hallucination.
j6rKv TIL A Lambretta Amphi-Scooter was developed in the mid-1960s and shown in a Pathé newsreel crossing the Thames. It consisted of a 1964 Lambretta J125 scooter with hinged fiberglass pontoons, paddle mechanism and a front rudder.
nWyNG TIL A married couple, Henry and Holly Stephenson, was hired by the MLB from 1981-2004 to draw up each season's baseball schedule. They were responsible for scheduling 2,430 games played by 30 teams.
bGJE TIL that in 1978 a man with a shotgun held a Melbourne cafe hostage until his mother turned up in her night gown and hit him over the head with her handbag. He gave himself up soon after.