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Til that equivalents of earthquakes on Mars are called marsquakes

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QDge TIL that Klingon has no direct English translation for “hello”. The rough translation is “What do you want?”
QJ0we TIL about a case study in which a cortically blind man was shown pictures of faces. He couldn’t explain what he was seeing, but the part of the brain that responds to threat and arousal spiked when he was shown pictures of faces that looked like they were staring at him.
9raM TIL it’s possible to find DNA on a cigarette butt in the street, sequence it, and 3D print a very accurate face from it.
6E5xm TIL in 1954 Israel tried to create a false flag attack in Egypt by planting bombs in Egyptian, American, and British civilian targets. Muslims were to be blamed in order to convince British troops to stay in the Suez canal. Israel denied any involvement before awarding the agents 51 years later.
bDE9 TIL of “The Green Man”, a man severely disfigured as a child who would take long walks only at night in western Pennsylvania. Urban legends at the time said he glowed green, whereas in fact he was real person who was liked by his family and neighbors.