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TIL Cincinnati Built a Subway System a Century Ago but It Wasn't Used

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Z8PJp TIL Iguanas turn black when they’re going through severe or psychosocial stress.
XEygE TIL that doctors have been able to cure methanol poisoning by having the patient just keep drinking beers until the methanol has left their body through urination and respiration
5YnrR TIL sufferers from Anton–Babinski syndrome are blind, but affirm, often quite adamantly and in the face of clear evidence of their blindness, that they are capable of seeing.
PPrn TIL that “Bride Kidnapping” is a tradition in many countries, and is responsible for up to 75% of the marriages in Kyrgyzstan, although it’s illegal.
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