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TIL that reindeer is the only mammal to change eye colour to adjust the amount of light that enters the eyes in different seasons. They have golden eyes in summer and blue in winter

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rxRM TIL After signing the Civil Rights act into law, LBJ said to his aide “We (Democrats) have lost the South for a generation.” He was right, as Republicans soon became the party of southern white voters.
Z9AR TIL that in 2005, some 1,500 sheep jumped off a cliff, in Turkey. Only the first 450 or so were killed, as the remaining animals’ falls were cushioned by the dead bodies below. More recently 50 sheep on their way to slaughter and jumped to their deaths in an unexplained and unprovoked mass suicide.
loaPA TIL The energy required to fuse iron and heavier elements is greater than the energy created during the fusion process
b66x9 Til an unidentified sniper attacked an electrical company in California resulting in a loss of 15 million dollars in 2013
wLEDW TIL: Cats can drink seawater without becoming dehydrated where most animals (including humans) would die of dehydration