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TIL there is a beach with pink sand on Komodo Island (the island where Komodo Dragons come from). The color comes from micro-organisms called foraminifera in local coral reefs

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nxP7 TIL that motion sickness is caused by the brain thinking the body has been poisoned (the usual cause for what it feels not being the same with what it sees) and that vomiting is the body’s defence mechanism against toxins
Mebom TIL Apple’s smartphone wasn’t the first iPhone, the first was made by Cisco 22 days earlier. The Cisco “iPhone” was a VoIP device that allowed its customers to use Skype without a computer. The companies later settled the trademark lawsuit, with both keeping rights to the iPhone name.
x6Ppk TIL John Quincy Adams (the sixth U.S. president) met both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln (the first and 16th).
xVbj1 TIL- The "Hundred Flowers Campaign" of 1956 China, allowed and encouraged people to speak freely and openly express their opinions about the communist regime. After a year, the campaign was withdrawn the Chinese government imprisoned those who spoke critically about them.
rNLXW TIL Brian Doyle-Murray was actually born as Brian Murphy, and is the older brother of Bill Murray. He has actually appeared in several films with his brother, including Caddyshack, The Razor's Edge, Scrooged, Ghostbusters II, and Groundhog Day.