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TIL that babies are color blind when they are born. Color vision begins to develop within a week after birth, and they reach adult levels of visual acuity at about 4-5 years.

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7rv6X TIL about sakotis, a Lithuanian tree-shaped cake made by continuously pouring layers of batter onto a rotating cylinder. A 2 kilo cake uses 30 eggs, but the largest one ever made was 2 meters tall and used 1200 eggs!
NyoQ TIL that Ringo Starr’s first exposure to percussuion happened when he contracted tuberculosis at the age of 13 and was admitted into a sanatorium for 2 years. The staff encouraged him to join the hospital band where he used a makeshift mallet to strike against the cabinets next to his bed.
YQQv TIL that in 1922, Sir A. Butt was elected MP of Tooting
0d7Ov TIL that Hevisaurus is a Finnish heavy metal band for kids, with members performing in dinosaur costumes.
6EbEY TIL of the Hawaii Democratic Revolution of 1954, where members of the 442nd Regiment, the Democratic Party of Hawaii, CPUSA of Hawaii, IWLU and Plantation Unions worked together for better labor rights, to end the Republican dominance of the territory and the Big Five Oligopoly of the State