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TIL there is a full episode of “Everybody Loves Hypnotoad”
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TIL that the red-eye effect in pictures is literally blood in our eyes. If a picture is taken when our pupils are dilated, they don't have enough time to constrict and the light reflects off the blood in the back of our eyes.
n1LG
TIL: the term “sniper” comes from how hard it is to shoot the snipe bird
jNxOE
TIL underwater basket weaving has been used as a pejorative term for excessively easy/useless/niche courses for at least the past 65 years
G01N
TIL during the siege of Stalingrad the commanding officer Friedrich Paulus was promoted to Field Marshal with the expectation he commit suicide rather than surrender. After he surrendered he was heard saying “I have no intention of shooting myself for a Bohemian corporal”. He lived till 1957.
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TIL Sloth babies usually survive if they lose their grip on their mom and fall but sometimes, the mother sloth doesn’t want to go on the ground to pick the baby up because she'd risk being seen by predators.