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TIL that Facebook is blue because Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind.

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pGJe TIL that an Olympic rower named Henry Pearce stopped mid-race to allow ducklings to pass by him and he still won the race.
PYAbw TIL When studied by the New England Journal of Medicine, kids without coats did not catch colds, viruses, or any other bacteria-related illness by not wearing a coat outside in cold weather
jNnJM TIL of the sunk cost fallacy. It is the general tendency for people to continue an endeavor, or continue consuming or pursuing an option, if they’ve invested time or money or some resource in it, which becomes a fallacy if it’s pushing you to do things that are making you unhappy or worse off.
VMyZZ TIL annually since 1993, Literary Review magazine has presented the Bad Sex in Fiction Award to the author who has written the worst sex scene in a novel. Morrissey won in 2015, and in 2008 John Updike received a lifetime achievement award.
W7VBL TIL that using 'Vale' instead of 'RIP' for obituaries is unique to Australia. This is quite common in Australia, and is frequently seen in the media. Vale is Latin for farewell and is considered a non-religious version of RIP.