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TIL flying squirrels glow pink under UV light and scientists aren't sure why

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dVb9 TIL Thomas Jefferson could read and write in 6 languages Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, and English. Post death, a number of books, dictionaries, and grammar manuals also suggest he knew Arabic, Gaelic, and Welsh.
P1j1g TIL the founder of TSMC -- Morris Chang -- did not receive any equity in the company when it was founded in 1987.
P18pe TIL that reinforced concrete became popular after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The subsequent fire destroyed much of the city, but those built with reinforced concrete made it "through the ordeal unscathed, where buildings of brick and stone in their immediate vicinity were entirely wrecked."
epmM6 TIL that "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (AKA Twas The Night Before Christmas) was first published on this date 200 years ago.
GAnx4 TIL that Ayn Rand actually hated the libertarians and anarcho-capitalists of her time.