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wLKEW TIL an estimated one in fifty people suffer from Aphantasia, a condition in which the person’s “mind eye” is blind and they can’t picture things just by thinking about them
E1bM7 TIL In an attempt to make McDonald’s food 'more healthy,' some of its nutrient-enhanced meals are actually worse for you than junk food. Most notably, McDonald’s Kale salad is the most outrageous offender, with more calories, fat, and sodium than a Double Big Mac burger.
KOEJ4 TIL that in 2007, the islet of Pontinha became an independent nation after the owner, Renato Barros, an art teacher, noticed a legal loophole in the sale charter issued by the King of Portugal in 1903.
W7jdA TIL San Francisco Zoo & Gardens was once the site of the world’s largest swimming pool - so large that lifeguards used wooden row boats to make their way across — and was also used by the military for drills and exercises
e09oJ TIL on the first anniversary of 9/11 the New York State Lottery Numbers were 9 11.