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TIL that Facebook's primary color is blue because Zuckerberg is red–green colorblind, a realization that occurred after a test undertaken around 2007

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R7bQj TIL the phrase "eat the rich" is attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who is reported to have once said "When the people have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich."
p8E48 TIL the brain cannot feel pain because it doesn't have pain receptors called nociceptors. Headaches come from nociceptors in the protective tissue between the brain and the skull.
jNWDa TIL the King's doctor Johann Struensee seized power for over a year in 18th century Denmark. He managed to abolish slavery, abolish censorship of the press, and have an affair with the Queen before being ousted and executed in 1772
vxYK TIL that the Dead Sea Scrolls were sold by the discoverer for a sum that, adjusted for inflation, is about $37 USD.
OyVX TIL for the 2005 remake of King Kong, it took 4 months longer to recreate The Empire State building in CGI than it did to build the actual Empire State Building in real life.