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TIL that Brazil nuts used to be known as “nigger toes”

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neQvG TIL: Closing your eyes when in complete darkness improves your overall perception
R6Dl TIL Eurasians have 1-2% Neanderthal DNA and some Southeast Asians up to 6% Denisovan DNA; moreover, scientists were afraid studying this would justify racism.
1aDgW TIL that there are trees that have bark that peels away to reveal a second layer of colorful bark, making a rainbow like effect
mxMNv TIL that beluga whales can mimic human speech, and have caused divers to inadvertently surface due to them mimicing commands to surface
gMXkD TIL: James Richardson spent 21 years in jail for murdering his 7 children who died after eating a poisoned lunch. Among the facts concealed by the prosecution; the babysitter had who served the poisoned meal was a convicted murderer on parole for poisoning her husband. He was exonerated in 1989.