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TIL of "Banner blindness". It is when you subconsciously ignore ads and anything that resembles ads.

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eD7L TIL you might be watched by the Homeland Security if you say one of these words on social media or on the phone.
D0XY TIL that starfish can see with compound eyes at the ends of their arms
Wk09X TIL that "president" was not a title for a big position before the US existed
16ZJr TIL in 1961 US came very close to nuking itself. A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two 3–4-megaton nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process. One of the bombs came close to detonating, with three of the four required triggering mechanisms having activated.
LLZ0 TIL that Nelson Rockefeller, once vice President of the United States, died at age 79. of a heart attack rumoured to be caused during sex with his assistant. The New York Magazine quipped: “Nelson thought he was coming, but he was going”