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TIL Pink has no corresponding wavelength, it’s our brains filling in the gap between ultra violet and infra red light in the color spectrum. Put simply, pink is what you get when you remove the color green from white light.

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E1kMX TIL Until the late 19th century, most men in Japan wore pocketless kimonos, which offered no place to keep belongings. Netsuke (small carved statues, working as anchors)(meaning “to attach the root”) allowed them to securely fasten hanging pouches (sagemono) and boxes (inro) to a kimono sash (obi).
XXxX TIL Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl pretended to be illiterate to fool his captors, who believed him to be so stupid that they gave him almost free rein of the camp. He was able to secretly memorize the details of about 256 POWs to the tune of “Old MacDonald,” which he still remembers.
ZPWY TIL former Police Chief of Toronto Julian Fantino has illegally wiretapped police critics, conducted witch-hunts on gay men under the guise of “child porn”, hidden cases of cops assaulting and robbing drug dealers, committed bribery + more…… and is now a Member of Canadian Parliament.
oBA8r TIL the gun company Beretta has been operating for over 500 years under the same family, with its first documented contract in 1526 being for 185 arquebus barrels to the Republic of Venice. They presently manufacture the M9, the US military's service pistol.
kOa9B TIL Pope John Paul ll and Pope Francis are honorary members of the Harlem Globetrotters