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TIL that the Nazis actually like Native Americans and considered them Aryans.

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LQWLZ TIL that “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” by Alvin & the Chipmunks was the only Christmas song to ever top the Billboard Hot 100 until Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” did so 61 years later.
Lk9lp 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
p8Z9Q TIL that human brains are specialized for face recognition while chimp brains are specialized for butt recognition.
QNjZL TIL Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic Snowboarder for Canada, is now on the FBI 10 most wanted list
nWy9B TIL that Eratosthenes, the man who calculated the circumference of the Earth, also calculated various dates of the Trojan war.