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TIL on a clear dark night the human eye can detect a candle being lit from 30 miles away.

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6ObZ TIL: Louis Chevrolet, the founder of Chevrolet died bankrupt and poor working as a mechanic for the company he started.
JBXl TIL that in Britain, when someone wins £1,000,000 on their Premium bonds, a woman called Agent Million arrives at their door and delivers the news. It is completely confidential: only her employers and her husband know her identity.
ADOw7 TIL Elvis Presley actually died from an autoimmune disorder caused from multiple traumatic brain injuries
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16RDV TIL Benjamin Martin designed and built a pocket microscope in 1738. This design became very popular and was later copied throughout Europe, known as drum microscope