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TIL Scientists don’t know how a squid color-camouflages its skin, as they’re completely colorblind.

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X0Plr TIL after Gram Parsons, the primary singer songwriter for the Country Rock band, The Flying Burrito Brothers, died, his body stolen by his manager and his assistant. It was then burned at Joshua Tree. They only paid fines, and the money used to pay the fines was raised with a benefit concert.
D1EGr TIL that Hitler's dentist, Hugo Johannes Blaschke, who held the rank of SS-Brigadeführer, studied dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
m1Vgy TIL The Mormon Tabernacle Choir was renamed to The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square in 2018 because the leaders of the Mormon church don’t like the name Mormon anymore.
VMG9k TIL Israel made chinese workers sign a "no sex" contract
NXLJM TIL Nerds candy aren't considered vegan because they are made with Carmine red coloring which comes from ground up insects.