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TIL A Sober driver was arrested for a DUI after a deputy flew through a stop sign and hit her.

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5YJAD TIL about tetrachromats. Tetrachromats have 4 vision cones as opposed to the average 3. This allows them to see ~99 million more shades than the average person. It is thought to be impossible for men to have this gene because they only have a single X chromosome, whereas women have two.
epPEg Today I learned exactly what it meant when someone in the 1950's said "The rabbit died" 🥺🥺🥺 Thankfully that wouldn't make it today.
4XYoJ TIL that in 2016, TNT rejected a TV Pilot called ‘Civil’ about a disputed election that slides into civil unrest and eventually war, because they thought it was too close to home for the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
ZoYG TIL starting in 2017 San Francisco will require new buildings to have solar panels
8n7b TIL in 1956, a magician was performing the “cut a person in half” trick using his wife for a televised performance. Immediately after she was divided, the host ended the show. People were horrified, thinking she had been killed, but time had just run out on the broadcast.