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TIL 30 feet underwater there is no red light, so blood appears green

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wJo6 TIL that the current Director of the FBI keeps a copy of the FBI request to wiretap Martin Luther King, Jr., “as a reminder of the bureau’s capacity to do wrong.”
QJPdE TIL a partridge is a ground-nesting bird with zero interest in pear trees.
wxKE TIL Robin Williams performed stand-up comedy at a Seattle nightclub in 2004, 2007, and 2008 to donate all of the proceeds, totaling nearly $50K, to a local food bank without telling anyone.
JJV8 TIL MI6 replaced bomb making instructions with cupcake recipes on al-Qaeda websites
LQArV TIL that Britain’s first female mayor was elected in 1908... 10 years before women could vote. The 72-year-old Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was already Britain's first female doctor.