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TIL that biliverdin, the pigment that gives robin eggs their blue color, is the same pigment that makes bruises look blue.

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e0mPn TIL Perpetual Stews were common in the middle ages. The pot was never or rarely emptied, and whatever food was found was placed inside and cooked
7r8ax TIL that technology based on the skin of poison dart frogs may solve aviations ice problem on airplane wings.
9j8B TIL that scientists have discovered a ‘lake’ in the Gulf of Mexico with water five times as salty that is highly toxic. For animals (and people) who swim into it, these toxic concentrations can be deadly. Only bacterial life, tube worms, and shrimp can survive
DdxP TIL the GDP of the 48 poorest nations in the world (a quarter of the worlds countries) is less than the wealth of the world’s three richest people combined.
PblZ TIL during the filming of A Clockwork Orange Malcolm McDowell suffered cracked ribs when an actor kicked him in the chest; almost drowned when his head was held underwater; and got a scratch in the cornea of his eye. Kubrick said.“Let’s carry on, I’ll favor your other eye”