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TIL that Rainbows are affected by polarization.

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nvMY TIL that the US Republican Party was founded on anti-slavery in 1854 and was considered a ‘3rd party’ when candidate Abraham Lincoln was elected president just 6 years later.
wjv6 TIL that Scott Adams began writing “Dilbert” based on experiences he was having at his employment. Rather than fire him, they gave him meaningless work in an effort to get him to quit - which just gave him more time and material for “Dilbert.”
JYvo8 TIL that Marmite cannot be marketed/sold in the EU member state of Denmark because the licence required to market certain fortified foods in the country has not been applied for yet
daK8 TIL That there is a museum in Kentucky that acts as a place of rest for dummies of ventriloquists that have died, it’s called the Vent Haven Museum.
KOjwG TIL that the brand name Häagen-Dazs doesn't actually mean anything—it was just made up by American founder Reuben Mattus to sound Danish, though when pronounced it means roughly "garden toilet" in the language.