› added 1 year ago

390

TIL about tetrachromacy, a genetic mutation that can occur in humans, most often women, that allows people to see 100 million colors as opposed to the typical 1 million colors seen by most people.

Read more healthline.com

via reddit.com

BGVd TIL A man named Henry Magee killed a cop who was executing a no knock warrant in Texas. Ultimately, he was not charged (with killing the cop) because he thought someone was breaking into his home. In Texas, you can use deadly force to defend self and property.
J1Jkl TIL the Harvard professor on administrative leave over falsified research data, Francesca Gino, published a book with the subtitle, "Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and In Life"
8anpP TIL that the USSR was the first country to put Scotland's national poet Robert Burns on a postage stamp, in 1956 to commemorate the 160th year since his death.
pbwN TIL Yurii is the Slavic form of the name George
798X TIL that while Osaka is the second largest city in Japan by daytime population, at nighttime it becomes the third largest.