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TIL That bugs and some other animals have green blood because they use copper to bind oxygen instead of iron

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epwyD Today I learned that people with poor eyesight tend to be more intellectually inclined.
QJwd9 TIL An artist recreated 60 pieces of fake art from Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning. Then the art was sold for more than $80 million. 10 lawsuits were filed and a prestigious 165-year-old art gallery was closed once the art was found to be fraudulent.
BgyYD TIL of holoprosencephaly - a disorder in which forebrain of the embryo fails to develop into two hemispheres, caused by mutations in the gene encoding the Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) protein
lo0j5 TIL that the voice of E.T. was inspired by an elderly lady with a low pitched voice from smoking Kool cigarettes.
JYmJj TIL The Unicode Consortium allows you to "adopt a character" as a way to support the foundation