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TIL Reindeer eyes change to a blue color in winter to help gather light during the dark arctic months and return to a golden color during the spring and summer.

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YX0P TIL even if your parents refuse to help you pay for college, Federal Financial Aid won’t let you declare independence until you’re 24.
YxbW TIL in 2013 a flight from LA to NYC was diverted to Kansas City because a passenger refused to stop singing “I Will Always Love You”. She was forcibly removed from the plane.
OLr6 TIL there was a man-made mouse utopia called Universe 25. It started with 4 males and 4 females. The colony peaked at 2200 and from there declined to extinction. Once a tipping point was reached, the mice lost instinctual behaviors. Scientists extrapolate this model to humans on earth.
woYWP TIL about Bountygate - a scandal in the NFL during the 2011 season which involved New Orleans Saints players gambling over the severity of injuries they could cause the opposing teams players. The result was the head coach being suspended for a season as he was found to have condoned the behaviour.
4XPVg TIL that people who post bail dont have to pay the amount immediately posted, they can pay in installments and put a percentage down