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TIL that there are some females who have one extra type of cone (4 instead of 3) and can therefore see 100x the amount of colors regular people can. [tetrachromacy]

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XERb8 TIL Psychology researchers found that listening to heavy metal music is a healthy way of processing negative emotions. It does not make people more violent. Some research shows that metalheads are less likely to cheat on their partners than jazz listeners.
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gMYeW TIL: During the Vietnam War one damaged American F-4 Phantom fighter pushed another damaged F-4 away from certain capture by resting the second airplane’s tail hook onto his own cockpit glass and pushing him to a safer location before both crews bailed out and were rescued the next day.
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