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TIL The CIA has backed 7 coups around the world

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YpBo7 TIL Ramon Artagaveytia was one of the 65 passengers who survived the sinking of the ship America in 1871. The mental trauma gave him nightmares for the rest of his life and kept him off of ships until April 10, 1912, when he decided to visit the US and boarded the Titanic. His body was never found.
9YWYM TIL that touching receipts absorbs large amounts of BPA, a known endocrine disruptor, into your bloodstream
wLKy7 TIL astronaut Gus Grissom named the Gemini 3 Molly Brown, in the hope that it wouldn't sink after splashdown. NASA didn't like it and asked him to change the name, to which he replied, "How about the Titanic?" NASA relented, but this was the last time astronauts were allowed to name their capsule.
MeDoB TIL a genetic mutation can cause some people to have 4 cones that perceive color as opposed to the standard 3, which means they would be able to see 100 million colors while a normal person sees just 1 million.
5VdEn TIL that Metallica's 1998 cover of Bob Seger's "Turn the Page" was recorded closer in time to the original 1976 live version than it is to the present day.