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TIL The colour of an eggshell is determined by the colour of the hens ear lobe. It is nothing to do with diet.

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lXjV TIL that the CIA spent $20 million to train cats as spies and on the very first mission the first cat spy was hit and killed by a taxi almost immediately.
Y74B TIL Bob Ross from “The Joy of Painting” was a US Air Force drill instructor. After he got out he vowed “never to scream again”
GAZRN TIL Juan Peron's hands were cut off and stolen by a grave robber after his death.
l7Lg1 TIL that wildlife populations have sunk 69% since 1970
wLvlE TIL some malls in Canada are using facial recognition technology in their directories to track and identify shoppers without notification