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TIL 65-85% of white cats with blue eyes are deaf.

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4kDVb TIL about the Ponzo Illusion, which is is a visual phenomenon where two identical lines appear different in length due to converging background lines, creating a sense of perspective and depth distortion
9MKD TIL the 1976 Olympics were a financial disaster for Montreal, as the city faced debts for 30 years after the Games had finished. It was only in December 2006 that the Olympic Stadium’s costs were finally paid in full.
xNX0 TIL that male’s testicles hang at different lenghts so they don’t collide with eachother while running or sitting
RV5j TIL that 156 years ago today, March 30 1858, the first wooden pencil with a rubber eraser was patented.
Y7plP TIL that during World War II, USAAF Col. Paul Tibbetts was frustrated with his pilots complaining about how hard it was to fly the new B-29 bomber. He arranged for two women WASP pilots to be trained on the big plane and had them fly it around the country just to shame the men. It worked.