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

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0wkjM TIL that in the 1962 World Cup, the Chilean team ate Swiss cheese before beating Switzerland, spaghetti before beating Italy, and drank vodka before beating the USSR. Then they drank coffee before their match against Brazil but lost.
WkaoB TIL Naukan is a deserted Yupik village in Russia, once the easternmost settlement in the Eurasian continent. The eviction of the 400 indigenous inhabitants took place in 1954 with the objective of a possible military confrontation with the United States
ADNd7 TIL a clam named ‘Ming’ was accidentally killed by scientist in 2006 when they found it on the coast of Iceland. They later found out ‘Ming’ was 507 years old. It was named after the Ming Dynasty, who ruled China at the time of it’s birth (1499) The clam is known as the oldest creature to ever live.
Lk8Rm TIL That one month in lunar terms is called a "moonth' as it takes 29.53 days to orbit the earth
mxJWM TIL that when Alfred Hitchcock was five his father sent him to the police with a note, the policeman looked at the note and locked him in jail for few minutes. This experience left him with lifelong fear of policemen and he wouldn't even drive a car in case he got a parking ticket.