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TIL that Icelandic Police have only ever killed one person

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BDOx TIL in 1985 a man drowned at a pool party full of lifeguards that were celebrating that no one had drowned that season
nxGo TIL “Eigengrau” is the color seen by the eye in perfect darkness
p1wZ TIL that most languages have a bias against left-handed people. Left is derived from ‘lyft’, meaning weak. In Dutch, 'Link’ means cunning. In German, 'link’ means questionable. In Mandarin, it’s zuô, meaning improper, and in Turkish the word for left is sol, which can mean both 'die’ and 'ill’.
Wk4jd TIL that in 1981, three german tourists camped at Buchingham Palace, after mistaking it for a public park.
M7ja TIL that farmed Salmon are fed colourings to make their flesh pink, given they don’t feed on the natural krill and shrimp they do in the wild