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TIL of the RP FLIP, an open ocean research vessel owned by the US Office of Naval Research. It is a one of a kind vessel capable of flipping orientation from horizontal to vertical by filling/emptying an incredibly long water reservoir.

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X0gl6 TIL that BVD (binocular vision dysfunction) is when your eyes can’t properly see the world as a single image. It can lead to headaches, reading issues, light sensitive, and even ADHD.
Br4dD TIL that the Hooded Pitohui is one of the first known poisonous birds. Their feathers give off a neurotoxin (homobatrachotoxin) which causes numbness and has previously only been found in the skin of poison dart frogs. It inhabits the rainforests and tropical jungles of New Guinea.
xV1rw TIL that the American Sign Language for “pasteurized milk” is the sign for “milk” while moving your hand past your eyes
wLav7 The world’s largest plant designed to suck carbon dioxide out of the air and turn it into rock has started running in Iceland
x6Vj1 TIL Reyn Guyer is a game designer whose first hit was Twister. In 1969, he invented "the world's first indoor ball". It was made of polyurethane and named after the foam used by off-roaders to cover their roll-bars: Nerf.