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TIL that blindsight is a specific form of blindness that allows people to respond to visual stimuli in their environment despite not being able to consciously see anything.

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ogXR TIL 100 years ago yesterday, an African man killed himself after being held in a Bronx zoo as a “missing link”.
5Vxp9 TIL that despite selling 500k copies in its first two hours and going 7x Platinum, Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion I & II albums were considered to have "underperformed" sales expectations.
OGMbg TIL: USS Fomalhaut was launched 25 January 1941 by Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc., Beaumont, Tex., as Cape Lookout, a Type C1 ship cargo ship. The launch used 7,000 pounds of ripe bananas, which the US Maritime Commission found to be an "efficient substitute" for traditional launching grease.
wok5P TIL "magic mushrooms" are legal in Colorado and Oregon
Vr0k TIL The Navy contacted the Village People to use “In the Navy” in an advertising campaign for television and radio. They gave the rights to the song for free on the condition that the Navy help them shoot the music video. The Navy provided them with a warship, several aircraft, and plenty of seamen