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Today I Learned that roughly 35 percent of homeless youths were kicked out of their homes for being Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgender

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ZpyDG TIL about Tetrachromats - people with a special receptor in their retinas that allow them to see millions of colors that most of us can’t distinguish!
4XbQX TIL: Alfred Hitchcock was so afraid of Psycho being spoiled ahead of time that he bought up as many copies of the original novel as possible. He also insisted that cinemas (for the first time) schedule screening times, sell tickets for those screenings, and not let anyone in after the film started.
nQxr TIL that phenylephrine, a common substitute for pseudophedrine in over-the-counter cold and allergy medications, has been proven to be no more effective than placebo when taken orally at the recommended dose.
x65J7 TIL that Canada produced over 800,000 military trucks during WW2, more than Germany, Italy & Japan combined. In 1945 the Canadian Army had 1 vehicle for every 3 soldiers (the US Army had 1 for 7), making it the most mobile army on earth.
mM1x TIL JJ Abrams was going to go to Film School but went to an academic college on his father’s advice, “it’s more important that you go off and learn what to make movies about than how to make movies.”