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TIL turning over control of the Panama Canal to Panama was a huge controversial emotional issue dividing many Americans in the 1970's

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4X59R TIL that these tiny worm kind things we see in our eye are called floaters and are tiny things like gel or cells in our eye balls that just cast shadows on the retina.
p5yO TIL Han Solo was frozen in carbonite in Empire Strikes Back because Harrison Ford was not yet signed on for Return of the Jedi and the producers were unsure if he would come back.
ep7EL TIL about the “golden horse”, thought to be the oldest existing horse breed, and has a very distinctive metallic sheen to their coats.
Oorne TIL: Researchers taught African grey parrots to buy food using tokens. They were then paired up, one parrot given ten tokens and the other none. Without any incentive for sharing, parrots with tokens started to give some to their broke partners so that everyone could eat.
e1QD TIL “Impossible” colors exist such as Red-Green (NOT brown) and Yellow-Blue (NOT Green) that humans can not NORMALLY see. By staring at adjacent bits of red and green, or of yellow and blue, your brain will eventually create a color you’ve never seen before!