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TIL that "The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of writer's block" is the shortest academic article ever: it has no words

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KODD4 TIL Eagle's can view something the size of a rabbit from 3 miles away. They see more colors than humans, and can also see in the UV range of light (allowing them to see the urine trail of prey)
pjMG TIL that the French praised ‘Ratatouille’ for perfectly recreating the environment of a restaurant kitchen. One chef said, “When Colette teaches the young cook how you cut onions, how you cook vegetables in a pan, how you season everything — that’s it, that’s how we do it!”
b9Ap4 TIL part of Washington, DC was returned to Virginia in 1846 in a process called "retrocession," but the sections donated by Maryland have resisted the idea of being reunited with Maryland.
R7YD9 TIL a Colombian man died because a tapeworm inside him got cancer.
QgWE TIL Morgan Freeman used to do hard drugs, but he’s said that he would “Never give up the ganja.”