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TIL surfers are more likely to carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria due to prolonged exposure to sewage

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BrNOk TIL humans can gain the ability to see ultraviolet light. We simply have a layer in our eyes which filters it out. Individuals who suffered eye damage from disease, injury or surgery have sometimes gained the ability to distinguish ultraviolet light.
e0LlE TIL: The White throated Rail, went extinct due to invasive predator introduction, then later re-evolved from a different related species.
Y5AZ TIL there was a Jewish-Austrian doctor who didn’t charge Hitler’s family due to their economic hardship. Hitler had him protected and called him “Noble Jew”.
5VDXQ TIL about mulled wine, a centuries-old tradition of heating red wine with spices and sometimes fruits. It dates back to ancient Rome, where spiced wine was used to preserve it during winter, and it remains a popular holiday drink in many European cultures.
GAL9j TIL in 2014, a woman was held in jail for one month after police mistook sauce from a can of SpaghettiOs on a spoon in her purse for meth. The arresting officer said he “found it strange” that Huff would eat SpaghettiOs and put the spoon in her purse