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TIL storing potatoes with an apple keeps them from sprouting

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Xr5r TIL - School Buses Are Yellow because color yellow gets noticed faster than any other color. Studies have shown that humans notice the color yellow 1.24 times faster than another eye-catching color, red. Yellow is also particularly visible in the early morning and evening light.
d8DG9 TIL the guards at the tomb of the Unknown Soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery actually yell at you when you are disrespectful
PY6pE TIL in October 1966, a soldier named Nguyen Van Leong, of South Vietnam, had an unexploded motor shell lodge in his chest, he was carried into the U.S. Navy Hospital, utmost precaution was used, the operation was a success, he survived & the bomb did not explode
g6K8 TIL that every county in the world is either entirely or partially north of Uruguay.
KY6L6 TIL the King of Norway's firstborn, Princess Märtha Louise, is a self-described 'clairvoyant'. She has started a school for communicating with angels and dead souls, and is currently dating a self-described shaman.