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TIL: Only 2% of the world’s population have natural green eyes

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dDMW9 TIL "Champing at the bit" is the original, technically correct turn of phrase while "chomping at the bit" is a newer, now acceptable variation
X0MXj TIL the final surrender of the confederates in the American Civil War was in Liverpool (England) when the CSS Shenandoah surrendered 6 months after Palmito Ranch (the last battle in May 1865)
d7kQ TIL that from 2000-2001 in California, traders at the now defunct company, Enron, manipulated the price of energy by shutting down power grids causing rolling blackouts. These blackouts would increase demand for energy and thus cause the price to surge sometimes 20x above it’s normal value.
MeWXA TIL Lonesome George may not have been the last of his kind. Last year hybrid turtles were discovered on an isolated island which were found to be descendents from tortoises thought to be extinct, including Pinta Island ones which is where Lonesome George was from. So George's family line may live on
YppVr TIL McDonald’s created a bubble gum flavored broccoli that was a big failure with kids.