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TIL There's Evidence Humans Didn't Actually See Blue Until Modern Times

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AYy4 TIL that some children in Colombia need to use a a quarter of a mile high zip line above the Rio Negra because it’s the only way to get to school
6956Y TIL that Finland, the country of thousands of lakes, does not have that much water. The average depth of its lakes is only 7 meters, meaning that all the lake water in Finland combined is less than a fourth of the contents of Ladoga. However, to be fair, Ladoga is the largest lake in Europe.
7rrPp TIL the full name of the possessed Chucky doll from the Child's Play franchise of horror movies was Charles Lee Ray, named after notorious killers Charles Manson, Lee Harvey Oswald, and James Earl Ray.
pYWPe TIL Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading medical cause of death in college athletes, especially among males, African Americans, and basketball players
D7MP TIL The word “Bupkis,” common slang for “nothing,” comes from the Yiddish phrase meaning “having about as much worth as goat turds.”