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TIL that night vision goggles are green because the human eye can differentiate more shades of green than any other color.

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kJ9Q1 TIL Wolverine is an actual animal, not just a comic book character
a8d9A TIL that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the US
J1mWQ TIL Popes, at various times, have married, been adulterers, had mistresses, fathered illegitimate children, ordered the murders of rivals, been financially corrupt, started wars and even encouraged English Catholics to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I
0d4J5 TIL Nazi Germany ran a non-smoking ad; “He does not devour it, it devours him” (1941).
m1W4v TIL the Foxconn suicides were a spate of suicides linked to low pay and brutal working conditions at the Foxconn City industrial park in Shenzhen, China, that occurred alongside several additional suicides at various other Foxconn-owned locations and facilities in mainland China.