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TIL Indonesia wants to move the capital to a new city

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9Y8k6 TIL about Neil Harbisson, a man with Achromatopsia (total colorblindness) who understands color with an antenna implanted in his skull that sends vibrations to his inner ear. He's also the first person to be recognized as a cyborg by the government
JYYgV TIL that the handshake originated as a way of showing that you didn't have a weapon
OOV7 TIL that the increase in Great White Sharks is due to the success in protecting seals and sea lions, which the sharks eat
KyEw TIL the man who tried to save Abraham Lincoln went mentally insane and tried to kill his family.
b9PBE TIL that the character Roz Doyle (played by Peri Gilpin in Frasier 1993-2003) is named as a tribute to a producer of the television series Wings (having the same creators as Frasier), who died from breast cancer in 1991