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TIL Dogs are not colour blind, but cannot see as many different colours as humans

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pW04 TIL Elijah Wood was 18 when he started filming as Frodo
nWP1G TIL in 2013, 20 people were injured, with 7 sent to the hospital, after a promotional stunt by LG in Seoul went wrong. LG released 100 helium balloons, each with a free smartphone voucher for a phone that retailed at $851. Customers arrived with BB guns (to shoot the balloons) and knives on sticks.
77VX TIL Petrichor is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The scent is from water interacting with plant oils.
W9ro TIL that 12 states allow child support payments via credit card, yielding yet another pathway to rack up frequent flyer miles
94RG TIL a Canadian man chugged 8 beers and swam across the Detroit river just to prove his friends wrong. Upon being apprehended when swimming back to the Canadian side having completed the task, he apologized.