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TIL, in my first-time post you all, there are 5 types of color-blindness

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8oaK TIL that 30,000 American draft dodgers went to Canada during the Vietnam War, while 30,000 Canadians joined the US military to fight in the Vietnam War
gmAL TIL Nestle has sold over 200 flavors of Kit Kat to Japan, including soy sauce, creme brulee, green tea, and banana.
Zp0jD TIL that the United States does not tax foreigners on capital gains (with limited exceptions). You can therefore legally buy Apple stock for $1 and sell for $1,000,000,000, and not 1 penny of US tax is due.
xVklk TIL of the Shirky Principle: "Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution."
wo9M TIL that 4% of the sand on Normandy is shrapnel from D-Day.