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TIL Cheetah's Black Tear Marks on Their Face Help Draw Sunlight Away from Their Eyes

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yQMBp TIL That on November 21, 2012: Following a cease-fire ending fighting with Israel, celebratory gunfire in the Gaza Strip killed a man and wounded three others.
rRDl4 TIL that the reason that both male and female genitals are darker than the surrounding skin is due to sex hormones released by puberty.
QJx6d TIL that Boris Karloff does not sing, "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" in the famous Dr. Seuss film, How The Grinch Stole Christmas. It was performed instead by Thurl Ravenscroft, the voice of Tony the Tiger. Thurl's role went completely uncredited. Boris won a Grammy for his performance.
a8Gk0 TIL that Jason Padgett, once a furniture salesman, became a mathematical savant after a brain injury in 2002. Following an assault, he began perceiving complex geometric patterns and fractals, a rare condition called acquired savant syndrome, which led him to create intricate math-based art.
ep9G4 TIL Bernie Ecclestone (former head of F1) is among the oldest known fathers in the world. His first son was born when he was 89. Enrique Iglesias' grandfather has him beat though - his last child was born when he was 90.