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TIL No ancient language had a word for the color blue until the Egyptians and studies suggest early humans may not have been able to distinguish that color at all.

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R5MJQ TIL that in the 80s the famous computer scientist & futurist Ray Kurzweil, created the 1rst electronic music keyboard to replicate the sound of a grand piano and many other instruments.
9YXr6 TIL that there is a Portuguese messianic mystic belief called Sebastianism in which a child King from the 16th century that vanished in battle will come back to save Portugal in its darkest hour
WL4 TIL there are wild birds in Australia that can mimic the sound of cameras, car alarms, and chainsaws.
oYYr TIL the most successful interrogator of WWII preferred friendliness to torture. The U.S. military later incorporated his methods into its curriculum at its interrogation schools. Many of Scharff’s methods are still taught in US Army interrogation schools.
Nnde TIL that the Bayanzi tribe of the Congo would execute via decapitation with a twist. While alive, the head of the condemned would be connected to a springy sapling so that when it was cut off, it would be thrown through the air “With the force of a bomb”.