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TIL that sunsets on Mars are blue

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N7NmM TIL the German crime show Aktenzeichen XY Ungelöst (Case number XY...unsolved) has been on the air for more than 53 years and provided the inspiration for Unsolved Mysteries and America's Most Wanted in the US and Crimewatch in the UK.
nAAB TIL of Kenneth Robinson who found a loophole that allowed him to buy an abandoned $330k house for $16. His story enraged neighbors for the 7 months he lived there until BoA claimed ownership.
oBM9L TIL while a grad student, botanist Arthur Galston discovered the use of an acid to encourage the flowering of soybeans, noting that high levels had a defoliant effect. The military later developed this acid into agent orange. Galston became a bioethicist, and his objections led Nixon to ban it.
PYNDO TIL that born-blind people actually dream of visual content. That's because auditory and tactile inputs can create virtual images in their brain, and that images can be revealed in their dreams.
aEjL TIL that a United States Senator once interrupted a NATO debate on nuclear weapons to complain about a tariff on chickens.