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TIL Johnny Depp is blind in one eye

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gMrPL [TIL] Our ancestors didn't sleep like us; they slept twice every night.
a8WLM TIL Over 7000 Kriegslokomotiven (War Locomotives) were built by Germany during WW2. Today, 5 of them are the last of Europe's industrial steam trains.
jdrp TIL the pilot script for “Scrubs” called for a “John McGinley type” for the part of Dr. Cox. John C. McGinley still had to audition five times to get the role.
nWm4G TIL that termites - like mammalian ruminants - produce a lot of methane through their digestion process, but bacteria living in their nests filter and absorb a lot of it.
BgZQd TIL The first Papal visit to a mosque was in May 2001. Pope John Paul II took off his shoes and entered the Omayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, to visit the tomb of John the Baptist (who is called Yah-ya el-Mamadan by Muslims).