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TIL A pink pigment exists that is so pink its true color cannot be captured by most cameras or displayed on a computer monitor

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wWkM TIL Oklahoma declared watermelon a vegetable and made it their official state vegetable
j6ZJR TIL Wolfgang Mozart had a sister, Maria Anna, who was also an extremely talented child prodigy in music. Sadly, she was prevented from performing as an adult. Many of her compositions have been lost, including one Wolfgang wrote that he was in ‘awe’ of, contributing to her obscurity.
D1ORj TIL rats prefer jazz to classical music, when on drugs
0dRL5 TIL we can't just throw all our garbage into a volcano to burn it up because volcanoes are not hot enough to melt the metals in the trash, and most volcanoes don't actually have a lava lake (only 8 of the thousands on earth)
R7ZK6 TIL that This American Life recently became the first recipient of a Pulitzer Prize awarded for audio journalism. For context, the Pulitzer Prize was established in 1917 and the first radio broadcast was in 1920. 100 years and never awarded to a radio show.