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TIL that Flamingos are born dull grey and get pink by eating algae and worms with beta carotene that makes them pink

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Z8gED TIL: Milk Protein (Casein) can be used to to make plastic. galalith & lanital being two types and experiments are continuing to find more uses for it in building & products.
lo197 TIL Alduos Huxley was injected with LSD on his deathbed and essentially tripped into death.
ErM0 TIL Moon Dust cuts through kevlar-like material and is harmful to humans, causing a disease called Moon Hay Fever
kO4Qm TIL A bug called the Cochineal is used in red foodcolouring, mainly in strawberry flavoured food.
Y9E7 TIL that ‘Brithenig’ is a constructed language made to show what English would be like if it had developed as a Romance language, like French or Spanish.