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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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rWQy TIL Mickey Rooney has been acting for 91 years, been married 8 times, and has worked for so long that no one knows exactly how many movies and short subject films he’s been in. He’s also still alive.
KYdLG TIL with five titles, Finland is the topmost winner of the European Championship of American football since the championship began in 1983
7XwM TIL In 2008, it was revealed that members of the Hells Angels had plotted to murder Jagger in 1975.
p8gPZ TIL in 1965 when Gatorade was invented at the University of Florida, the football coach wouldn't let researchers experiment on the varsity team and only allowed testing on freshman (who couldn't play varsity by NCAA rule). And those players described it as tasting like urine or toilet bowl cleaner.
9YZKD TIL Francisco Franco is credited with saving between 30,000 and 60,000 Jews during the nazi era. He is also thought to have been responsible for killing between 15,000 and 50,000 of his political opponents.