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TIL that newgrounds.com is one of the oldest websites still around. It was founded in 1991.

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YOAd TIL mirrors reflect slightly more green light than other colors, which causes a “mirror tunnel” (such as two mirrors facing each other) to appear greener further down the tunnel.
m1Wvy TIL Calcutta-born Normal Gilbert Pritchard has (so far) been the only India-born athlete to ever win an Olympic medal in a running competition, winning two silvers in the 1900 Paris Olympics
9wMNm TIL that my university has their own version of the Poop Knife- they did research to see if a knife made of poop could disarticulate a dog
oRxoK TIL At the 1936 Olympic games, competitors from Liechtenstein were shocked to discover their flag was the exact same as Haiti’s. Liechtenstein added a crown to their flag a year later.
pYmR4 TIL that if you crack a fresh ice cube tray in the dark, it will create light due to a phenomenon called fractoluminescence (or triboluminescence)