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TIL that pit vipers are called pit vipers because they have a stereoscopic, infrared-sensing “pit organ” in their head.

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1axbO TIL that in Japanese, 緑 (green) was taught to be a shade of 青 (blue) until the occupation of Japan in WW2. Japanese people still regularly use 青 to describe traffic lights and unripe fruit
mkDR TIL that there’s a Darth Vader Grotesque/Gargoyle at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
ADaAg TIL McDonalds once came up with bubblegum flavoured broccoli, in an attempt to get kids to eat healthier. It was never introduced as children found the flavour confusing.
Qke6 TIL The design of the Starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) was partially based on an electric stove coil.
D1pVV TIL- In 1939, 20,000 Americans rallied in New York’s Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Nazism – an event largely forgotten from American history.