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TIL When a human fetus starts to develop, the anus is formed first. We all start out as assholes.

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WkOo9 TIL Cells in the retina actually decline in sensitivity as we age. Meaning that colors such as blue appear washed out as years pass. That means that the sky actually was bluer when you were younger.
KGn6 TIL one of the Congressional originators of the House Committee on Un-American Activities was a Soviet spy
xdNw TIL that Northern Elephant Seals were thought to be extinct until eight were discovered on Guadalupe Island in 1874 by a Smithsonian expedition. They then killed seven for their collections.
EgVJd TIL in 1184, 60 noblemen died after a wooden floor collapsed in a church, causing them to fall into a "latrine cesspit" (liquid shit) which hadn't been emptied for a while. Their cause of death was drowning.
9Yrjr TIL platypuses, gila monsters, and cone snails use insulin as venom (and are being studied as sources of diabetes treatments)