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TIL that although pandas eat bamboo almost exclusively, they actually have the digestive systems of carnivores

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nedPb TIL Bruce Lee could deliver a blow in 5/10 of a second from a distance of one meter (and 8/10 of a second from a meter and a half). It's 1/20 of the time it takes for a person to blink. At the time the standard cameras couldn't cope with the speed of Bruce's blows. His strikes were not visible.
Gy47 TIL In 2007, Disneyland had to redesign “It’s a Small World” because people were too overweight for the boats, causing them to get stuck on the bottom of the water channel.
Pxe TIL That in 2000 Israel unprecedentedly offered 91% of the West Bank, and all of Gaza, to be made into the state of Palestine with East Jerusalem as the capitol, and refugee right of return but the offer was turned down.
8eJaV TIL when you move your eyes quickly from one point to another, there's a slight disconnect between your eyes and brain, which makes you perceive time stretching backwards slightly. This is why it seems like a clock takes longer than a second to move when you first look at it.
epBo6 TIL retinol was predominantly tested on black prisoners, before being marketed to consumers