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TIL for color blind people peanut butter looks green instead of brown

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J17W1 TIL The current American flag was designed by a high school student. It was part of a school project for Bob Heft's junior-year history class, and it only earned a B-.
p8bRN TIL On August 23, 1942, 600 Italian cavalrymen charged a position of 2,000 Soviet soldiers near the Don River, slashing with sabers and throwing hand grenades. Despite heavy losses, the Italians managed to dislodge the Soviets. This would be the last major cavalry charge in military history.
9Yx5p TIL farmers only need to leave a door open for five minutes for the farm to qualify as "free-range". Apart from the "open door", no other criteria for environmental quality, number of birds, or space per bird, are defined.
wonXJ TIL after a failed coup attempt in Japan, Masakatsu Morita acted as a second for the leader's seppuku. After 3 failed attempts to behead him, another man performed the deed. Morita then attempted seppuku himself, but stabbed himself too shallow to be fatal, and had to request his own beheading.
b64X4 TIL second hand smoke above 1.2 hour weekly doubles the chance of kidney stones