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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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0d6dR TIL about Henry Darger, a self-taught artist and writer who authored several ilustrated books such as the 15,145-page "In the Realms of the Unreal" and "The History of My Life"
aJjA TIL 1.5 million bee hives, delivered from all over America, are required to pollinate the Californian almond orchards.
1aAAD TIL that a congressman from Georgia, Hank Johnson, believed that the island of Guam may tip over if too many people stood on one side of the island.
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