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TIL of La Mancha Negra, a mysterious substance that keeps appearing on the roads of Caracas. It has caused multiple fatal accidents, and despite extensive analysis no one really knows what it is.

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N7edE TIL Night vision goggles are green because because the human eye can differentiate more shades of green than any other color.
oRZrE TIL The NYC Great Cat Massacre: In 1916 the fear that pet cats were responsible for the polio epidemic led to the killing of 72,000 cats and 8,000 dogs in New York City.
PkGG TIL video game Buck Bumble was criticized for having foggy graphics. One critic defended it by pointing out that the game is set in England
noGb TIL Renaissance women would make home made lotions to rid themselves of body hair. Ingredients included arsenic and cat dung.
X0v6E TIL China’s Hongzhi Emperor of the Ming Dynasty only had 1 wife and refused to have concubines after his mother was murdered by one of his father’s consorts.