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BrVYy TIL that reindeer are the only mammals that can see ultraviolet light. This means that they can easily tell the difference between white fur and snow because white fur has much higher contrast. It helps them discover predators early in snowy landscapes.
4gGR TIL that Gordon Ramsay challenged James May from Top Gear to eat three delicacies as a “test of a man.” The third delicacy was rotten shark, which Ramsay spat out, while May finished and responded, “You disappoint me, Ramsay.”
Bmeb TIL the Canadians had Japanese internment camps like the Americans
PYGQw TIL that on the night of his election to the Papacy, Pope Francis took the bus home.
LkEom TIL in 1992, Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash overdosed in a hotel hallway and experienced cardiac arrest for 8 minutes before being revived by paramedics and playing a show the next night. He said he "was pissed off at himself for dying".