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TIL Human eyes have unusually small irises, which may help social communication by allowing people to see where others are looking

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DQrOD TIL Georg Richmann appears to be the first person in history to have lost his life while conducting electrical experiments
Y7xYA TIL Hugh Hefner once played Willy Wonka by hiding “golden tickets” in 10 copies of Playboy magazine where the finder gets invited to party at the Mansion
ADRKB TIL The First Scientists to examine a preserved Platypus body (1799) determined it was fake and made of several animals sewn together.
GYj67 TIL LLamas are the latest four-legged weapon against mutton-loving coyotes and wild dogs. Llamas are big, smart and have been known to kill coyotes by stomping them to death. They are becoming very popular right now as sheep guards. And it’s all an instctive thing. There is no training.
l7581 TIL: Nintendo owns the rights to two pornographic movies.