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TIL Iceland has a higher percentage of English speakers than the USA despite English not being an official language

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0wDP1 TIL The calves muscles help pump blood, The body is engineered so that when you walk, the calf muscles pump venous blood back toward your heart. The veins in your calf act like a reservoir for blood your body does not need in circulation at any given time.
b98g4 TIL the Japanese Fire-bellied Newts are able to regenerate body parts including the limbs, the tail and spinal cord, parts of the eye (such as the retina and the lens), the brain, the heart and the jaws.
XdRP TIL The US considered dyeing Mt. Fuji black in WWII as psychological warfare against the Japanese
ylrl TIL Waiters’ Perception That Black People Tip Less is Actually True. Research From Cornell Hotel School.
kJ5bE TIL when the dunce cap was created by 13th century theologian John Duns Scotus, it was initially conceived as “a reverse funnel for knowledge,” and the hat remained a symbol of intelligence until the 1500s.