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TIL: Monet had surgery on his left eye enabling him to see ultra violet light

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9YJBX TIL over 300 species of fruit depend on bats for pollination and some fly over 100 miles/hour. Without bats we wouldn’t have cacao to make chocolate. Definitely changed my previous views on them!
W71l8 TIL Ethiopians eat raw meat at family and festive occasions despite the health risks. Eating raw meat started during times of war. Fighters hiding in the mountains would have exposed themselves by making fire & so ate their meat raw.
oBJpr TIL vocal jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald was born with perfect pitch so precise that the band musicians she worked with would tune their instruments to her voice.
mx1ky TIL black people actually ARE much less likely to tip.
e0DyL TIL that after the outbreak of the First World War Germany didn't stop the organization of the 1916 Olympic games because no one expected the war to continue for several years.