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TIL that you spend 40 minutes of each day blind

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1a1X4 TIL In the 90’s Sitcom Family Matters Steve Urkle (Jaleel White) was only suppose to appear in just one episode of Family Matters (More Details In Thread)
R54P4 TIL in 2010, the executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission ate nothing but potatoes for two months. He lost 21 pounds, his cholesterol went down 67 points, his blood sugar lowered and the blood chemistry—the iron, the calcium, the protein—either stayed the same or got better.
4XaE5 TIL that actor Ed O'Neill, famous for his role as TV's Al Bundy, was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1969. He was cut in training camp.
4k6ob TIL Super 8 Motels got the '8' in its name from the $8.88 room rate when it lauched. The key to its early success was to build a new Super 8 motel near a Holiday Inn.
9BnX TIL when Spanish explorers first tried to talk to the Mayans they said “Uic athan,” which is ‘We don’t understand’ in their language. This misunderstanding gave the Yucatan Peninsula its name