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TIL that chameleons change color mainly for social signaling and temperature regulation, not camouflage. They have specialized cells called chromatophores that expand or contract to produce various colors, helping them communicate with other chameleons and manage their body temperature.

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797M TIL Snopes.com has an article explaining that Mr. Ed is actually not a horse but a zebra. The page is completely false. It’s meant to encourage users to use common sense even in the face trusted authority.
EK4X TIL that all unreleased Kennedy assassination documents are scheduled to be released to the public by 2017, twenty-five years after the passage of the JFK Records Act. Among the items most sought after by researchers are some 1,171 documents still closed by the CIA on national security grounds.
njkd TIL Dogs can be trained to drive specially modified cars, more specifically; Mini Coopers.
n1v9 TIL That the French philosopher and mathematician Descartes was hired as a tutor by the Queen of Sweden, who insisted on philosophy lessons at 5 in the morning. Within a year of walking through the Swedish cold every morning, Descartes caught pneumonia and died.
LQvo9 TIL that there are designer hotels…