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TIL red and blue are different colors

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rN0Rx TIL the reason that Mike Myers ended up playing the Cat in the Hat was because he was sued after cancelling on a prior project. He settled, and one of the terms of the agreement in the settlement was he would take a lead in another film by director Bo Welch, who ended up directing The Cat in the Hat
wLMpW TIL the famous painting "American Gothic" is of a father and daughter, not a couple. It was meant to show the resiliency of midwestern farmers.
yQQWJ TIL that the fastest animal in the world relative to body size is a species of mite called the Paratarsotomus macropalpis, the mite can move at a speed of 322 body lengths per second. The equivalent speed for a human running as fast as this mite would be 1,300 mph
ZD7a TIL John Rabe, a member of the Nazi Party, prevented the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians at the hands of the Japanese by setting up a refugee zone under the Nazi flag.
ZxRp TIL there is a $2 millon Leica Lens owned by a guy in Qatar. Apparently it rocks, but no photos have ever been published to prove its ability.