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TIL that there are women out there called “tetrachromats” who, through mutation, can see millions of more colors than normal people.

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NX8OP TIL that not being able to burp is not normal, and a lifetime of being confused as to why people didn’t just “burp silently” has finally come back to me in the form of realizing that I was the strange one.
XEaEk TIL archaeologists discovered a 1,000-year-old ritual bundle that had traces of at least 5 psychoactive compounds including the ingredients for ayahuasca: cocaine, benzoylecgonine, harmine, bufotenine, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), as well as wood tablets to grind substances and a wooden snuffing tube.
N7ELe TIL the song 1985 by Bowling For Soup is actually a cover, the original being released a year earlier by SR-71
VBwWm TIL that there is a plant known as the Coccoloba Gigantifolia which has leaves that can reach up to 8 feet in length (2.4 meters)
DjWj TIL South Park did a Scientology episode the credits all said John Smith or Jane Smith to avoid personal lawsuits