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TIL The lens in your eye yellows as you grow older, making blue and purple less vibrant.

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ZAEa TIL Helen Keller had a dog named “Kamikaze-go” and was responsible for introducing the Akita dog to the United States.
vBYL TIL that Ice-T came out with a song called “99 problems” 11 years before Jay-Z did, and they both have the same hook
GYQ6N TIL that meowing isnt a natural part of cat language. It is developed almost exclusively to communicate with humans.
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