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TIL that while peacock mantis shrimp can see light ranging from deep UV to far IR (300-720nm), they can only discriminate wavelengths that are more than 25nm apart, the difference that separates orange and yellow, with humans being able to discriminate wavelengths that are only 1-4mm apart

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8JOP TIL President Carter met with North Korea’s Kim Il Sung on a boat trip for five hours in 1994. Kim agreed with everything Carter proposed on resolving political differences and said OK to a summit meeting with the President of South Korea which never happened as Kim died that same month
nX5r TIL the Canadian ice hockey team were so dominant that they did not participate in the knock-out tournament of the 1930 World Championships. They were put straight into the gold medal final game, and the tournament was played to determine an opponent. Canada won 6-1 in the final to claim the gold.
0dvvL TIL The Town of Hempstead, NY (founded in 1644), is the largest town in America, with a population of ~800k it has roughly the same population as San Francisco and is more densely populated than cities like Detroit, Denver, and Las Vegas
0wlNN TIL that it is illegal to sell, manufacture or import chewing gum in Singapore. The law came about in 1992 as a result of vandalism and littering in both high rise public housing apartments and in public transportation systems. In 2004, exceptions were made for nicotine and dental gum.
VM8kD TIL the iconic plane that lands at the beginning of each Fantasy Island episode was used multiple times for drug running and seized by the DEA .