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TIL that Tucker Carlson used to work at CNN

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kMl4 TIL that the ancient Romans used to believe in Emission theory, the idea that visual perception is accomplished by light shining out of your eyes, like the headlights on a car.
9kYG TIL there’s a university in Antarctica!
DQgMJ TIL The mammoth jack is a huge breed of donkey developed in the US. A pet project of George Washington and its ears can be 33 inches
d8pAK TIL that a third of the world's parrot species are threatened due to poaching for the pet trade.
mxE4v TIL witches were never depicted with green skin before the 1939 Wizard of Oz film. Witches were commonly depicted as red or orange beforehand. The Wicked Witch of the West was not described as green in the book, and she was only made green in the film because it looked really good in technicolor.