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TIL Polar bears are almost completely invisible to infrared cameras

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QQ5p TIL during a battle in 603 BC Chinese warrior Xiong Yiliao stepped out between the armies and started juggling 9 balls. The opposing troops were so amazed that all 500 of them turned and fled.
gM0Xb TIL about Patient TN, who suffered two strokes permanently damaging his brain’s visual lobes. Despite being consciously blind, TN was able to navigate through a cluttered obstacle course perfectly, as his subconscious vision, aka “blindsight”, was still intact.
Y76NB TIL smallpox killed more people in the 20th century than all the wars combined.
yV7kp TIL that on April 18 1930, the BBC's evening news report simply said "there is no news" and then played piano music for the entire segment.
L50Q TIL the first cat to be cloned was named Copycat.