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TIL that the ability of mantis shrimp to detect polarised light has inspired cancer-detecting technologies bc light reflects differently from cancerous and healthy tissue

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aZVN TIL Cards Against Humanity raised over $90,000 in donations to dig a hole for no reason.
OwXX TIL Simpsons creator Matt Groening chose yellow for the color of the characters because he wanted viewers to think the color on their television was off balance.
kJJgd TIL The iconic Pulp Fiction adrenaline scene was filmed in reverse.
rN9ox TIL: Earlier this year, Connecticut lawmakers are finally deciding to exonerate victims of the witch trials 375 years ago posthumously following exonerations of convicted witches from Massachusetts and Scotland last year.
695NJ TIL That in response to a lawsuit, hackers from the Anonymous group took PlayStation network offline for 23 days and leaked the creditcard informations of 77 million users