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TIL Bluejays feathers aren't actually blue! Instead the pigment in their feathers (melanin) is brown and we perseve it as blue. Natures trickery.

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W7GEd TIL Salvador Dali claimed to remember being in the womb. He described it as "floating" in calmness, warmth, and security. Many believe his claim should be taken as metaphor to align with his eccentric image and fascination with the surreal.
En7X TIL that a man spent 17 years building a Lamborghini from scratch in his basement and then smashed a hole in his house to get it out
dvGr TIL that two babies were switched at birth, one family was rich and the other poor, the rich couple’s baby became a truck driver and the poor couple’s baby became a CEO of a company
D1GZe TIL after becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart started her own fashion line. Unconventional materials such as parachute silk and textile from airplane wings were used in some designs, and she gave a nod to her love of aviation with buttons shaped like propellers.
1ayRd TIL The White House was completely gutted and reinforced with steel beams in 1949-50. It was only standing, in the words of the Public Buildings Administration commissioner, “by force of habit.”