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TIL a “Yellow Bellied Sapsucker” is a woodpecker not a western insult.

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awPr9 TIL The roof of some Tesla models appear orange and red when wet due to a protective UV/infrared layer in the glass to reduce heat. Water droplets cause light to bounce around and reflect some of the infrared light (normally not visible to us) in a form that is visible to our eyes
mayP TIL Breast Cancer Cure foundation, Susan G. Komen, have been suing other many small charities for using the word “for the cure” in their names or the color pink.
OogJe TIL that in the 1940s President Johnson,at the time a Congressman, used to drive around with a snake in his trunk because he believed black people were scared of snakes. He used to go to fuel stations get served by black guys and make them open the trunk and he was almost beaten with a tire iron
eKM5 TIL Charles Darwin referred to blushing as “the most peculiar and most human of all expressions.”
8mV8 TIL there is something called Genetic memory, an example are butterflies who remember their migration route even though it takes three generations to complete