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TIL that some animals have a ‘third eye’ part of the pineal gland that helps regulate circadian rhythms

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0wgwp TIL Tiger Woods is only 1/16th African-American and 75% Asian.
yQ6AM TIL between 1900-1906 black Oklahomans doubled in population, due in part to the efforts of Edward P McCabe who founded the city of Langston as part of a program to create 25 all black settlements, take over a majority of voting districts and create an all black state.
7rd5P TIL the US Colony of the Philippines volunteered 25,000 men to fight in WWI. However, Washington virtually prevented their deployment, with the US Governor-General suspecting that Washington feared that Filipinos fighting well in the War would justify their claims of being capable of independence.
gMNr9 TIL In his mid-70s, Goya created dark paintings not intended for public display, including "Two Old Ones Eating Soup"
VMgQ8 TIL in 1962 Marilyn Monroe left most of her estate to her acting coach Lee Strasberg. When Strasberg died in 1982, his wife Anna, who had never known Monroe inherited her estate. In 1999 she auctioned off Monroe's personal belongings for $14 million.