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TIL Fayetteville AR is named for Fayetteville TN, which is in turn named for Fayetteville NC

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yVBbl TIL that osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis (OOKP) is a procedure that uses a patient’s own tooth implanted in their eye to craft a support structure for an artificial cornea to restore vision.
XW6E Today I learned they shot “The Karate Kid” entirely on camcorder before they filmed it for real (and it’s on youtube!)
XEJOP TIL of speed reader Kim Peek who could read a book in an hour by scanning the left page with his left eye then the right page with his right eye. He also had an exceptional memory, able to accurately recall the contents of 12,000 books.
p87ye TIL by 400 BC, Persian engineers had mastered the technique of storing ice in the middle of summer in the desert.
W7R6B TIL that Instead of toilet paper, Ancient Roman used a sponge on the end of a long stick that was shared by everyone in the community. This device was called a Tersorium. When not is use the stick stayed in a bucket of heavily salted seawater in the communial bathroom.