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TIL The people of Shitterton, UK, banded together to buy a big rock to put the name on. As people kept stealing the sign.

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yQDKv TIL that 90% of people (trichromats) see about 1 million colors, but the others, (tetrachromats) have a genetic mutation and therefore see an incredible 100 million colors. This happens more in women, with nearly 12% of women having this fourth color perception channel.
6Wlw TIL that only .05% of French children have ADHD, because doctors treat it as a psycho-social disorder, instead of a biological one, and treat with psychotherapy, instead of relying on medication to control behavior
KKxE TIL Christopher Walken’s speaking style goes back to childhood, when he changed punctuation in his textbooks with a marker to be where he wanted the periods, commas, and exclamation points to be.
JYOJj TIL that Kingdom Hearts began as a literal elevator pitch, when a Square Enix developer ran into a Disney executive in the elevator of their shared building
9y4X TIL China has been producing fake chicken eggs since the 90s. The production cost is less than half of a real egg. They are made from a mixture of resin, starch, coagulant and pigments, while algae gives them proper viscosity. The shell is made from paraffin wax, gypsum powder, and calcium carbonate