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TIL the human eye only needs 5 photons to elicit visual experience.

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M7Jj8 TIL that almost every African country boycotted the 1976 Olympics because of New Zealand – whose rugby team had toured Apartheid South Africa earlier that year, yet was not banned by the Olympic organizers
7rAXM TIL that the crocodile, Gustave, is rumoured to have killed as many as 300 people and has avoided all attempts at capture
ZpxVY TIL in order to escape the fastest tornado on record, you'd have to break the highway speed limit in 34 states
KYEDE TIL that low magnesium can cause both severe mental and physical side effects
yQMPl TIL that a person with a felony CAN still vote, though the process for voting reinstatement varies widely from state to state