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TIL that “Facebook is blue because Zuckerberg is color-blind”

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9YvNM TIL in the 1600s to avoid slavery a group of Africans on St. Vincent Island acquired the customs and language of the Native American group Kalipona so that Europeans would consider them to be native and leave them alone.
DQBOe TIL that there is a clear iPhone
gMLL4 TIL about the "Super Guppy," an oddly-shaped, massive plane designed for transporting really really large cargo (rocket parts). Five were built, and they look kind of like flying beluga whales.
rRwK0 TIL that when recording "Heroes", David Bowie used three microphones. One 9 inches away, one 20 feet away, and one just beyond that. Each microphone was muted as the next activated, forcing him to sing at increasing volume to be heard.
l7Ew5 TIL who in fact controls all of our money.