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1947
TIL livid is the color opposite to brown
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TIL that the founding father of Dubai said this about his city’s future: “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel”
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TIL: Hagoromo Bungu, a Japanese chalk and office supply company is famous among mathematicians for their product, Hagoromo Fulltouch Chalk, referred to as the Rolls-Royce of Chalk.
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TIL that Some octopus species lay 56,000 eggs at a time. These eggs are teardrop shaped, milky, and braided together in bunches by the female. Both male and female octopus die after reproduction.
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TIL about The Streisand effect (named after Barbara Streisand)- a phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet.
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TIL that as only a Private in the US Army, Henry Kissinger was placed in charge of a German city after WWII, responsible for forming a civilian government to run the municipality. He accomplished this in eight days.