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TIL Panama has a point where you can see the Sun rise on the Pacific and set on the Atlantic, the only country where you can see it that way round.

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GAnDE TIL about Sunflower Syndrome. A poorly understood type of epilepsy, sufferers are drawn to seeking out and looking at bright light (including the sun). This results in a brief hand-waving gesture across the face, or eye-flickering seizure up to hundreds of times a day.
AgNn TIL a space time capsule has been proposed that would carry messages from the citizens of present Earth to humanity 50,000 years from now, when it would re-enter Earth’s atmosphere.
LkdlP TIL the alpaca was selectively bred from the vicuna to accentuate its naturally finer wool. Alpacas were a central part of Incan culture but were almost exterminated to make room for European domestic animals. The highland inhabitants saved the species by moving their herds to higher elevation.
nWXvo TIL that some copies of RADIOHEAD's "Kid A" have a secret booklet hidden under the black CD tray
9ZNX TIL there is a character in the DC Universe who is so insane, even the Joker is afraid of him.