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TIL That approximately 66,000 World War II US veteransare that lost over 400,000 brothers and sisters to free Europe from the Nazis are still alive to witness the Nazi salute live in the US television.

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gMYV8 TIL that bees and many other pollinating creatures can detect nectar in flowers by seeing UV colors that aren't visible to the human eye. Many flowers have UV patterns, or "landing zones", which bees use to direct them to the nectar in the flower.
d87Yj TIL Nikola Tesla apparently never slept more than 2 hours per day. He slept 15 minutes ever 4 hours. His lack of sleep may have contributed to his hallucinations, fueling his creativity.
XEVyQ TIL that the Rainbow Eucalyptus tree has multi-coloured streaks on its trunk that comes from patches of outer bark that are shed annually at different times, showing the bright-green inner bark. This then darkens and matures to give blue, purple, orange and then maroon tones.
rEye TIL “freeway” Rick Ross was a cocaine kingpin in 1980’s Los Angeles, at one point making 2-3 million dollars a week. The kicker? He was illiterate and his cocaine supplier was the CIA, who sold cocaine to illegally finance the Nicaraguan Contras.
vPMOK TIL the only child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI to survive the French Revolution was their daughter, Marie Thérèse. At 15, she spent over a year in solitary confinement with no books, letters, or writing tools. She lived 55 more years, dying in 1851.