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TIL that a teen boy from the UK became legally blind while having a diet of potato chips and fries

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5bmr TIL that Dalmatians are traditional fire house mascots because they get along with horses.
rNR4 TIL there is a man obsessed with accusing one of Google’s co-founders of the murder of Stanford graduate student May Zhou. You will find him in the comments of any Google related story…..
1a8BP TIL that in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, Iran condemned the attacks and expressed solidarity with the victims. In Greece, an EU member state, soccer fans tried to burn a US flag and booed during a moment of silence.
OJeg TIL that during WWII, American and British Commanders successfully pressured the Free French forces to liberate Paris with an “Only White” division, despite despite whites only making up 40% of the total army.
neew7 TIL Although Aloha Airlines FL243 suffered an explosive decompression which tore off the top half of the plane’s skin & threw out 1 crew member midair, the captain—who saw “blue sky where the first-class ceiling had been” thru the missing cockpit door—was able to land with all 90 passengers alive