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TIL There's a pink manta ray near Australia. It likely has a genetic mutation causing the unusual coloration.

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Wa4A TIL Children’s books have 50% more rare words in them than does an average showing of adult prime-time television.
W7gGo TIL the term "Siamese twins" comes from the twin conjoined brothers Chang and Eng Bunker who were born in Siam, now Thailand. When they first arrived in England to become circus exhibits, they were called “The Siamese Twins.”
Mewna TIL of Charles O'Rear, a photographer who snapped the famous grassy hill (Bliss) image used as the default background for Windows XP. Another photo of his, "Full Moon over Red Dunes," was also considered for the default, yet was denied because testers thought the sand dunes resembled buttcheeks.
v1v5D TIL that President Andrew Jackson taught his pet parrot how to curse. During Andrew Jackson's funeral, the parrot started to curse non-stop so it had to be removed from the funeral
grw1A Til that the designer of the SS rune symbol was only paid about $2 for his design.