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TIL Otters have the thickest fur of any animal - as many as 1 million hairs per square inch

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neond TIL Based on da Vinci's work, there is evidence that the artist had strabismus: one eye is straight, while the other eye can drift. Some forms of strabismus are thought to facilitate artistic work by suppressing the deviating eye, which creates 2D monocular vision advantageous to painting & drawing
LkQ4v TIL Native Americans in the 1964 movie 'Cheyenne Autumn', (because no one on the set spoke their language) would say crude remarks that made it into the movie. In the scene where the treaty is signed, you can hear (but not understand) them mocking the size of the colonel's penis
wrZ1 TIL Cards Against Humanity was released under a Creative Commons license, which allows people to download the game for free and print out their own deck, rather than having to buy it from a store.
xJ4k TIL the TV series Captain Planet was the first children’s show to deal with HIV-AIDS. The episode involved a villain brainwashed a community, making them think HIV could pass on just by casual contact, making the entire town hate a young man infected by HIV, voiced by Neil Patrick Harris.
MPo8 TIL a college student emailed Steve Jobs complaining that Apple’s Media department were not replying to her emails for help with a school project. Jobs responded to her by saying “Our goals do not include helping you get a good grade. Sorry” and “Please leave us alone.”