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TIL that there is a name for the sparkling lights or stars that you see after a cough or sneeze. They are referred to as Phosphenes.

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RlX1 TIL that Simpson’s co-createor Sam Simon has terminal cancer and intends to leave most of his fortune to animal charities and feeding the hungry after he passes.
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6jZ8 TIL, scientists successfully used E coli and Glucose to create a renewable Propane Gas.
D1w5Y TIL Adolf Hitler spent years evading taxes and owed German authorities 405,000 Reichsmarks, equivalent to $8 million today. Soon after he took power, He was declared free of tax obligations.
P44g TIL that MIT and CalTech maintain a “bitter” rivalry despite being 3,000 miles apart. Unlike most rivalries, it’s based largely on pranks–including the theft and transport of an antique cannon from one campus to the other, and the appearance of a “TARDIS” on top of a student hall.