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TIL livid is the color opposite to brown

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78pNP TIL Neptune has only made one rotation around the sun since its discovery in 1846
woAW7 TIL the 17th regimental mascot of the Irish Guards is a dog called Seamus
JYAlQ TIL cats can fit through small spaces because they have no collarbones. Essentially, any given space that can fit the cat's head, is big enough for the cat's entire body to fit.
wLnyo TIL: The Great Whiskey Fire of Dublin in 1875 was when 5000 barrels of whiskey ignited and flowed into the streets. 13 people died that day, but not from burns or smoke inhalation. They died from alcohol poisoning after trying to drink it all.
nWnyB TIL of the 9th century poet al-Khubzârruzi "the rice-bread baker". He could nor read nor write, customers would come to his bakery to hear him recite his poems.