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

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jl5j TIL the satirist Willie Rushton once pranked the Victoria and Albert Museum by placing a label next to a plug socket that read “Plug hole designed by Hans Plug (b. 1908)” which remained in place for a full year, even fooling the cleaning staff who began using an extension cable.
OoxJX TIL Prince’s official 1987 “Black Album,” was supposed to be his hardest/most aggressive effort. Before its release, he withdrew the album, after a bad ecstasy experience — one which led him to believe that he’d be committing an act of evil if he unleashed such dark-sounding music upon the world.
loEO7 TIL The surviving heir to China's imperial dynasty worked in Beijing, had no regrets, and thought his own simple life immeasurably superior to those of his ancestors. "I don't envy them at all. My guess is that even if they lived in palaces, they must have spent every waking moment worrying."
v1XML TIL that Waffle House serves 2% off all the eggs eaten in America
7rlJ7 TIL Wayne and Brent Gretzky hold the NHL record for most combined points by two brothers: 2,857 for Wayne and 4 for Brent.