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TIL that you spend 40 minutes of each day blind

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8M7V TIL a study gave LSD to 26 scientists, engineers, and other disciplines, and they produced a conceptual model of a photon, a linear electron accelerator beam-steering device, a new design for the vibratory microtome, and a space probe experiment designed to measure solar properties, amongst others.
OGxn4 TIL that Tyrian purple or royal purple is a redish-purple natural dye. It is secreted by several species of predatory sea snails. Twelve thousand snails yield no more than 1.4 g of pure dye, enough to colour only the trim of a single garment.
awd5J TIL Sloths only poop once a week, and when they do they lose up to 1/5th of their body weight. Pooping for sloths is also responsible for 50% of their deaths, as being down on the ground is a vulnerable time for them. Overall, the entire trip to poop uses 8% of their daily energy needs.
Z8KRo TIL on four separate occasions, British retailer B&Q has had to recall sonic mole repellers in its Northern Ireland stores after being informed there are no moles in Ireland.
YKkZ TIL that after a man died of a heart attack from riding the roller coaster Python, SeaWorld removed its tagline: “I challenged the Python and lived!”.