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TIL that you spend 40 minutes of each day blind

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Wk0pB TIL One bee will only make 1/12 of a teaspoon on honey in its entire life, and that Bees are the only insect in the world that make food that people can eat.
QMDe TIL Obelus is the proper term for a division sign.
eYD4 TIL that one of the signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence had Cerebral Palsy. He signed the document, while holding his right hand with his left, saying “My hand trembles, but my heart does not.”
oBMmo TIL Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite put into space, transmitted on 20.005 and 40.002 MHz which were detectable by amateur radio operators. After orbiting for about 3 weeks it's batteries had died. 2 months later it burned up falling back into the atmosphere kick-starting the space race.
QrGX TIL American steel magnate Charles M Schwab died a pauper with over $300k in debt after blowing through a fortune that was worth $500-$800 million dollars today