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TIL that polar bears have black skin and hollow fur to absorb more sunlight while still remaining camoflagued

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6ED8 TIL Queen Elizabeth II has been described as “addicted” to her golden-plated Wii console, and has expressed the wish to be a horse.
bjmQ TIL that only 17% of paid clinical trials in the US had their results published in the time required by law. Not publishing all trials allows drug makers to hide unflattering results, and helps medicines look safer and more effective than they really are.
6EXMX TIL when actor Raymond Massey was divorced from wife Adrianne Allen they used, respectively, husband and wife divorce lawyers Dorothy Whitney and William Dwight Whitney. Raymond then married his lawyer Dorothy and Adrianne married her lawyer William
DQpGp TIL that directors Wes Craven and Sam Raimi played a game of one-upmanship by depicting each other’s movies humorously in their own films. Beginning in The Evil Dead (1981), and continuing on through A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) and Scream (1996).
v8pR TIL that developers could have been putting minigames in loading screens for us to play while we wait for the proper game to load, but Namco took out a patent for it 20 years ago, preventing any developers from doing so.